Entries Tagged as 'Rehabilitation Act'

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

DAlaska: Disability Discrimination

Donald Bennett, a Deputy U. S. Marshal in Fairbanks, alleged that the government discriminated against him because of his disability (diabetes), after he failed an annual blood glucose test.  Because the Marshals Service had no appropriate light duty, Bennett took nine months of sick and annual leave.  Bennett sued under the Rehabilitation Act, the Back […]