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· 5/27/1988

Franklin v. U.S. Postal Service

Citations

  • 687 F. Supp. 1214
  • 1 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 1312
  • 1988 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5454
  • 48 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 38,482
  • 46 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 1734
  • 1988 WL 57951

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  • recognizing schizophrenia as a potential disability
  • person with history of antisocial behavior whose condition of paranoid schizophrenia is not controllable by medication or is otherwise a danger to public and coworkers is not an otherwise qualified handicapped individual
  • plaintiff's discharge from employment was not a violation of the ADA when she exacerbated her handicap by refusing to take psychotropic medication for her schizophrenia, and her refusal caused her to commit criminally violent actions while on the job
  • plaintiffs discharge from employment was not a violation of the ADA when she exacerbated her handicap by refusing to take psychotropic medication for her schizophrenia, and her refusal caused her to commit criminally violent actions while on the job

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Judges: Carl B. Rubin

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