Blind County Worker’s Transfer Warrants $782,000 Legal Fee Award

Montgomery County, Md., must pay $782,390 in attorneys’ fees and $55,533 in litigation expenses to a blind employee whom a jury found was discriminated against when she wasn’t moved to a new location with her co-workers.

Even though Yasmin Reyazuddin wasn’t awarded any damages for the county’s violation of the Rehabilitation Act, she was still sufficiently successful in the case to be the prevailing party, the US District Court for the District of Maryland said. The county transferred her to the new location and provided her with software that’s accessible to Reyazuddin while she was still seeking a court order ...