Case: Disability Discrimination/Disparate Treatment (N.D. Cal.)

The County of Mendocino is entitled to summary judgment on a social worker’s claims of disability discrimination in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and state law alleging she was terminated based on fabricated complaints due to her mild cognitive impairment which negatively impacted her interactions with her co-workers, a California federal district court ruled. She failed to demonstrate that the complaints were false or that she was able to perform her job sufficiently with or without reasonable accommodations because she couldn’t get along with her co-workers, the court said. The court also found that she failed to establish ...