5th Circuit Upholds Verdict For Veterans Home In Worker’s Disability Bias Suit

Mealey's (June 20, 2018, 8:46 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 18 rejected an appeal by a former veterans home worker who challenged a verdict in her former employer’s favor and the jury instructions in her disability bias suit filed after she was terminated while placed on light-duty tasks following a back injury (Tamisha Pegues v. Mississippi State Veterans Home, No. 17-60766, 5th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 16373)....