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· 6/15/1989

Adams v. Alderson

Citations

  • 723 F. Supp. 1531
  • 1989 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13296
  • 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 39,946
  • 51 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 647
  • 1989 WL 133376

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  • holding that employee’s proposal that he be distanced from the supervisor who allegedly caused his stress disorder was unreasonable because “[a]n agency is entitled to assign its personnel as the needs of its mission dictate”
  • where plaintiff employee’s mental handicap led him to engage in a violent assault upon a supervisor followed by a destructive rampage through the office, plaintiff was not “otherwise qualified” for the position and thus not entitled to the protection of the Rehabilitation Act

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Judges: Jackson

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