Charter to Keep Facing Suit Challenging Work-From-Home Policy

Charter Communications must face a disabled woman’s lawsuit accusing the telecommunications company of failing to reasonably accommodate her work-from-home request.

There remains genuine issues of material fact in Princess M. Harper’s lawsuit alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Judge Geoffrey W. Crawford said in a US District Court for the Western District of New York order and opinion issued Thursday denying the company’s summary judgment motion.

Evidence about her medical conditions could lead a jury to “conclude that Charter failed to provide Ms. Harper with a reasonable accommodation,” said Crawford, who typically sits in the District of Vermont ...