Case: Disability Discrimination/Limitations (E.D.N.Y.)

Hofstra University is entitled to summary judgment on an employee’s disability discrimination claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act because she failed to file suit within the statutory 90-day window from when the EEOC issued her a right-to-sue letter, a federal court in New York ruled. She failed to provide the EEOC with her updated address, resulting in her non-reciept of the right-to-sue letter, the court stated. Even though receipt of the right-to-sue letter starts the ninety-day filing period, because she didn’t get the letter due to her own failure to update her address with the commission, equitable tolling isn’t ...