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13Feb

Ask, Or You Shall Not Receive: 5th Circuit Nixes Accommodation Claim for Employee’s Failure to Ask for an Accommodation

Seyfarth Synopsis: Recently, when affirming summary judgment to the employer in a disability discrimination case, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued two welcome reminders. First, to pursue a disability accommodation, an employee must actually...
By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/ask-or-you-shall-not-receive-5th-11104/

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