Case: Disability Discrimination/Failure to Accommodate (M.D. Tenn.)

A Tennessee federal district court denied Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s motion for judgment on the pleadings on discrimination and retaliation claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act brought by a lead administrative assistant with night vision and short term memory impairment who was forced to resign after her new manager refused to accommodate her need to leave work by 3:00 p.m. to avoid night driving, finding that shift changes could constitute discrimination and distinguishing the case from precedent that did not create a categorical rule against commute-related accommodations.

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