Arkansas Judge Didn’t Violate ADA by Firing Worker Who Didn’t Submit Medical Release

A Pulaski County, Ark., circuit court judge didn’t violate federal disability bias law when he fired an assistant probation officer who failed to immediately provide a medical release to return to work following a back injury, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Aug. 15 (Withers v. Johnson, 2014 BL 227445, 8th Cir., 13-2646, 8/15/14).

Affirming summary judgment for Judge Leon Johnson and the county, the Eighth Circuit rejected Calvin Withers’s argument that Johnson terminated him for failing to disclose private medical information to non-supervisory personnel in violation of Americans with Disabilities Act and ...