Case: Disability Discrimination/Discharge (D. Minn.)

St. Jude Medical S.C., Inc. is entitled to summary judgment on the disability discrimination claims under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act of a former senior clinical instructor in global sales marketing diagnosed with transverse myelitis, a federal court in Minnesota ruled. The employee claimed he was terminated because of his conduct that resulted from pain and his need to take medication for his disability. The court found that no reasonable jury could conclude that SJM’s stated reason for terminating him—his expletive-laced public outburst at a 10-day training seminar—was pretext for disability discrimination. He didn’t tell anyone at SJM ...