Florida Real Estate Firm Can’t Escape EEOC’s Disability Suit

A Florida real estate acquisition firm can’t dodge a disability discrimination suit from a woman who says her job offer at a retirement community owned by the firm was rescinded after she said she would fail a drug test because she took medication for post-traumatic stress disorder.

The real estate firm, TJM Properties Inc., said the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission failed to exhaust administrative remedies since it wasn’t initially named in the job candidate’s discrimination charge, and the EEOC failed to sufficiently allege TJM and the retirement community were joint employers. The US District Court for the Middle District of ...