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

A federal district court in New York granted summary judgment to the State University of New York at Stony Brook and New York state on a curator for the undergraduate biology program diagnosed with Crohn’s disease’s retaliation claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The curator alleged that she was denied a request for a raise in retaliation for filing an EEOC complaint and denied a discretionary bonus because she filed a lawsuit against SUNY. Emails from the undergraduate biology director explaining why he didn’t support her raise request, his declaration that she was unwilling to update course materials, and ...