Joseph E. Sharpe, Jr., an Individual v. American Telephone & Telegraph Company, a New York Corporation

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• concluding that employer had “indisputably” met its duty by seeking clarification of employee’s limita tions, providing access to the company’s computerized job database, and assigning personnel to assist in internal job search
• employer’s offer of position that accommodated Sharpe’s disability, which employee rejected, satisfied WLAD, regardless of whether previous transfer accommodated the employee’s disability
• “We have long held that discrimination laws are not intended as a vehicle for general judicial review of business decisions.” (internal quotation omitted)
• Upon finding and providing reasonable accommodation, “[Defendant] 9 satisfied its legal obligation, and the inquiry is over.”
• employer reasonably accommodated epileptic employee who was unable to perform position to which he was transferred when AT&T helped Sharpe search for new positions and eventually offered him his original job back, which he could do

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