New York Hospital Faces Trial in Doctor’s Disability Bias Suit

Montefiore Medical Center’s six-month delay in terminating a physician for her arrest raised questions about whether it really fired her because she asked for an accommodation for a disability, a federal court in New York said.

A jury must decide if the hospital terminated Rachel Wellner’s employment based on her disability or if it had a legitimate reason for doing so, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said Aug. 29. The court denied Montefiore’s request for pretrial judgment.

Police officers arrested Wellner in February 2016. The incident was highly publicized, and press reports criticized Wellner’s ...