Exelon, Pepco Must Face Claims by Worker on Leave for 10 Years

A former Potomac Electric Power Co. employee who says she was fired after trying to return from a 10-year leave for her depressive illness may proceed with her disability discrimination claims, a federal judge ruled.

Pepco and parent company Exelon Corp. failed to show that all of Linda Epps’s claims of mistreatment based on her perceived disability or record of disability were untimely, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said June 10. Epps’s allegations that she was suddenly and unfairly given just 90 days to find a vacant position she could fill and her ultimate termination ...