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· 3/25/2010

Gil v. VORTEX, LLC

Citations

  • 697 F. Supp. 2d 234
  • 16 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 171
  • 23 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 58
  • 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 28550
  • 2010 WL 1131642

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that defendant’s direct threat defense “simply has no place in a motion to dismiss”
  • stating that, in a disability discrimination case under the ADA, defendant’s “direct threat” affirmative defense “simply has no place in a motion to dismiss”
  • chronological proximity alone cannot establish causation where “there are no facts (other than timing) alleged from which an inference of a discriminatory animus could be drawn”
  • “The court is also confident that the Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”) would apply the same revised standard in interpreting the term disability for purposes of Chapter 151B.”
  • “The court is also confident that the Supreme Judicial Court ... would apply the same revised standard in interpreting the term [handicap] for purposes of Chapter 151B.” (citing Dahill v. Police Dep’t of Boston, 434 Mass. 233,748 N.E.2d 956 (2001))

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Judges: Stearns

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