5th Circuit Rejects Fired School Counselor’s Disability Bias, Other Claims

(October 11, 2017, 1:45 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A fired school counselor who complained of medical issues that prevented him from standing for long periods of time failed to show that his termination was the result of disability discrimination or his filing of a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Oct. 6 (Karl B. Molden v. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, No. 17-30344, 5th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 19598)....

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