Law Firm’s Disability Bias Dispute With Ex-Manager Sent to Trial

A jury must decide whether law firm Stark & Stark PC fired its accounts payable manager because of her disabling shoulder condition, a New jersey federal judge ruled.

Jessica Conner raised triable issues on whether the reasons given for terminating her were pretexts for discrimination and retaliation under state law, the US District Court for the District of New Jersey said.

The firm’s explanations include that Conner was absent from her office for most of the week the office was changing locations and she frequently worked remotely even after being cleared to return to work following surgery, Judge Georgette Castner ...