Thursday, September 5, 2019

First Circuit: Rehabilitation Act § 504 claim that school discriminated against student with a disability by refusing his access with a service animal did not need to be administratively exhausted under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act because the claim could be brought by a non-student in a non-school public setting alleging the same injuries arising from the same deprivation
US District Court ME: Summary judgment denied for employer in employment discrimination retaliation claim alleging plaintiff’s supervisor deceived decisionmaker into terminating plaintiff for insubordination, where there was sufficient evidence under the “cat’s paw” theory that “(1) a non-decisionmaker motivated by retaliatory animus committed an act intending to cause an adverse employment action; and (2) such act caused an adverse action”
First Circuit: Summary judgment granted for employer on Age Discrimination in Employment Act claim where there was insufficient evidence that employer’s articulated reason for termination was a pretext for age discrimination
EEOC: Latest edition of the federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law includes article on common remedies in disparate treatment claims that lists as a form of non-monetary relief, “expungement of adverse material relating to the discrimination from the individual’s records”
MHRC: September 23rd Agenda and Consent Agenda posted

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