10th Circuit: Epileptic Los Alamos Lab Specialist Didn’t Show Bias, Retaliation

Mealey's (May 6, 2020, 2:33 PM EDT) -- DENVER — A woman who claims that she was forced to resign from her job at the Los Alamos National Laboratory or be fired following an internal investigation failed to show that the reason given, her alleged abuse of her security clearance, was pretext for disability discrimination or retaliation, a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled April 15, also affirming the trial court’s award for discovery sanctions and costs for the woman’s employer (Audrian Tastan v. Los Alamos National Security, LLC, No. 19-2095, 10th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 11877)....