Bernard F. McNely v. Ocala Star-Banner Corporation, a Florida Corporation the New York Times Company, a Foreign Corporation

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• holding that ADA liability requires proof that the decision at issue was a “but-for” cause of the alleged disability
• holding that “importing the term ‘solely1 ... is not warranted under the statute’s plain language” which should be construed as “no more restrictive ... than the ordinary, everyday meaning of the words would be understood to imply”
• finding the ADA applicable where both insubordination and disability played a role in plaintiff's termination
• rejecting the argument that Doe \held that `because of' in the ADA context means `solely because of'\ (emphasis omitted)
• rejecting the argument that Doe “held that ‘because, of in the ADA context means ‘solely because of ” (emphasis omitted)
• finding the ADA applicable where both insubordination and disability played a role in plaintiffs termination

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