Wal-Mart To Pay Close To $1 Million In Disability Case

Second Circuit Says Employer Has A Duty To Reasonably Accommodate Employee With An Obvious Disability, Even Without A Request To Do So

A three-judge panel in New York saw it differently, upholding part of a $7.5 million award given to Patrick Brady, a former Wal-Mart employee who claimed Wal-Mart gave him a less-desirable job because he has cerebral palsy. Brady had worked for two years at another pharmacy before getting a job as a pharmacy assistant at the Centereach Mall Wal-Mart in 2002. On his second day on the job at Wal-Mart, however, Brady was transferred to another position picking up garbage and bringing in shopping carts from the parking lot. ( read more here )

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