Case: Disability Discrimination/Discharge (N.D. Ala.)

A delivery truck driver for a printer manufacturer in Alabama who was injured on the job may not proceed with his claim that he was fired because of his disability, instead of for failing to return to work after taking five months of leave. He didn’t show that he was a “qualified individual” under the Americans with Disabilities Act because at the time of his termination his doctors had restricted him from bending and that was one of his essential duties based on his job description and his admission that many of his non-delivery and delivery related tasks required that ...