Case: Disability Discrimination/Harassment (N.D. Cal.)

A flight attendant for United Airlines Inc. may proceed with his claim that he was harassed for taking medical leaves of absence for a heart attack and bipolar disorder, a federal district court in California ruled. The flight attendant stated a plausible disability-based harassment claim under California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act based on his allegations that he was given only less desirable domestic flights when he returned from medical leave for his heart attack, that his coworkers made him feel unwelcome because of his bipolar condition, and that several United employees repeatedly contacted him about scheduling a work meeting ...