Watkins & Letofsky Worker’s Disability Bias Suit Headed to Trial

Watkins & Letofsky LLP must face trial on a former employee’s claims that she was discriminated against in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a divided appeals court said Thursday.

There’s a triable dispute as to whether Watkins & Letofsky employed at least 15 employees for 20 weeks or more when Amy Buchanan worked at the firm in 2017, which would make the firm a covered employer under the ADA, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said in an unpublished opinion. The Ninth Circuit reversed the US District Court for the District of Nevada’s grant ...