Norfolk Southern Worker Fired for Hiding MS, Not Because of It

A Norfolk Southern Railway Co. train conductor fired after revealing his pre-existing multiple sclerosis diagnosis and related medication use years after being hired can’t prove disability discrimination, the Eastern District of Michigan ruled.

Patrick Garant said he didn’t disclose his MS even though he had been diagnosed 10 years earlier because his doctor told him it was his “personal choice” whether to do so. He didn’t think he needed to reveal his Tysabri use on the same medical forms the railway had him fill out as part of its post-offer medical exam because it is injected, like Novocaine shots from ...