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Disability Discrimination Claims Brought Under the ADAAA Shift Focus

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    Fleck v. WILMAC Corp., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54039 (E.D. Pa. May 19, 2011) (0 other reports)

Author: Meryl Gutterman, formerly of Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, PC

In Fleck v. WILMAC Corp., +2011 U.S. Dist. Lexis 54039 (E.D. Pa. May 19, 2011), the court applied the broad standards of the federal ADA Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) to determine whether an employee with a chronic injury suffered in 2006 had a valid disability discrimination claim after her employer terminated her employment in 2009.