Case: Disability Discrimination/Retaliation (C.D. Ill.)

An Illinois federal district court denied summary judgment to the Board of Education for Cornell Community Consolidated School District No. 426 and Randall Vincent on claims of disability discrimination and retaliation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and First Amendment retaliation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 brought by a bookkeeper/administrative assistant with depression, panic disorder, and ADHD who was terminated after requesting remote work accommodation and reporting suspected fraud, finding genuine disputes of material fact regarding the reasonableness of the accommodation and whether the defendants’ stated reason for termination was pretextual.

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