Labor/Employment
Nov. 12, 2012
Increasing disability discrimination claims bring up fraught workplace issues
Lawyers on both sides of the fence attribute the increased filings to a growing awareness of workplace disability rights among employees and an increased willingness among judges to put such claims before a jury.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Some months after Tim Kranson broke his toe and ruptured a tendon in his elbow while offloading freight from an airplane, he lost his job. So he sued his employer, the Federal Express Corp., for disability discrimination. Kranson's attorneys from the Law Offices of Stephen M. Murphy argued that FedEx failed to work out a plan to accommodate Kranson's temporary disability by giving him extended leave - ...
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