Tag: Accommodation
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Internal Medicine Expert’s Testimony About a Reasonable Accommodation Excluded
Plaintiff Taplice Stapleton filed suit against her former employer, PrinceCarpentry, Inc., and individual Defendants Thomas Voss and John Punis. Plaintiff brought claims for unequal pay and disability discrimination. Defendant Prince Carpentry, Inc., is a drywall and carpentry subcontracting company owned by Defendant Thomas Voss. At the time of Plaintiff’s termination she was earning an annual…
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Why Expert Legal Interpretations Were Excluded in Section 504 Case
O.B., diagnosed with ADHD at age seven, sustained a severe self-inflicted gunshot wound, resulting in permanent blindness. Following the incident, his parents alleged that Colbert Elementary School in the Mead School District (MSD) failed to provide him with necessary accommodations under the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Central to the dispute was whether…