Jury Awards $24 Million to Plaintiff for Employer’s Failure to Reasonably Accommodate Employee’s Mental Health Condition
A jury sitting in federal court in Massachusetts has awarded an employee with a mental health condition millions of dollars for the employer’s failure to reasonable accommodate a mental illness. The failure to do so led to the employee’s unwarranted dismissal. Both the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and its state analogue, c. 151B, […]