United Flight Attendant’s Disability-Leave Harassment Claim OK

United Airlines Inc. must face a flight attendant’s claim that he was harassed for taking medical leaves of absence for a heart attack and bipolar disorder, the Northern District of California ruled.

Michael Quigley’s amended complaint describes a potential “pattern” of related hostilities toward his disabilities that plausibly allege a violation of California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act, the court said.

United’s arguments against Quigley’s harassment claim “might carry water at a later stage” in the case but aren’t a basis for granting the company’s motion to dismiss, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said.

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