Case: Disability Discrimination/Discharge (W.D. Tex.)

A Texas federal district court denied summary judgment to the City of Floresville and Floresville Economic Development Corporation on claims of disability discrimination and failure to accommodate under the Americans with Disabilities Act, FMLA retaliation, and breach of contract brought by an executive director with Wegener’s Disease who was terminated after taking FMLA leave, finding the defendants failed to provide admissible evidence to support their articulated legitimate reason for termination, and the director presented sufficient evidence of pretext, though the court granted summary judgment on the FMLA interference through harassment claim.

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