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Disabled Former Employees Under The Ada: Unprincipled Decisions And Unpalatable Results, Austin L. Mcmullen
Disabled Former Employees Under The Ada: Unprincipled Decisions And Unpalatable Results, Austin L. Mcmullen
Vanderbilt Law Review
A number of disabled former employees have turned to the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") to redress alleged discrimination in their termination or in the benefit plans of their former employers.' Several courts, however, have held that these plaintiffs are not "qualified individual[s] with a disability," and, therefore, may not recover under the ADA. Other courts of appeals have recently found the ADA's proscription of discrimination in the "terms, conditions, and privileges of employment" to contradict the definition of qualified individuals. These courts resolved the ambiguity by allowing disabled former employees a federal right to sue their former employers for …