Sleep Apnea Condition Supports Disability Claim 
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Published: October 27, 2011
Tags: Employment Discrimination, Judge Samuel G. Wilson, U.S. District Court - Western District
A Roanoke U.S. District Court refuses to dismiss an IT specialist’s claim that his former employer Radford University violated the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 when it rejected his proposal for accommodation of his medical condition of sleep insomnia and sleep apnea and instead discharged him, allegedly for sleeping on the job.
The court agrees that whether, ...
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