7th Circuit: Firing Just After PTSD Disclosure Is Not Discriminatory

Mealey's (September 20, 2017, 11:17 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A decision by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to fire a more than 20-year employee shortly after he disclosed a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis did not constitute disability discrimination, a Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 18 (Jeff Monroe v. Indiana Department of Transportation, et al., No. 16-1959, 7th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 17977)....