District Court Says Nurse’s Bias Lawsuit Not Barred by Bankruptcy Case Omissions

A nurse fired by a Nashville, Tenn., hospital after alleged drug testing missteps can proceed with her disability bias lawsuit despite her failure to inform a bankruptcy court that she had filed the lawsuit, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ruled May 10 (Clifton v. Tennessee Prof’l Assistance Program).

Denying Centennial Medical Center’s motion to dismiss, Judge Aleta A. Trauger ruled that although Juliette Clifton initially did not disclose her Equal Employment Opportunity Commission discrimination charge on her bankruptcy petition the omission did not warrant dismissal of her claims that Centennial had violated the ...