Guilt — And Liability — By Association Under The ADA
Law360, New York (April 3, 2015, 2:40 PM EDT) -- Most employers are aware that the Americans with Disabilities Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against or fail to accommodate an employee with a covered medical condition or "disability." What may surprise employers, however, is that the ADA also prohibits what is known as "associational discrimination," or the taking of adverse action against an employee because of his or her "association" or "relationship" with an individual with a known disability. While associational discrimination claims are not as prevalent as the garden variety employment discrimination claims brought pursuant to the ADA, it was the focus of Manon v. 878 Education LLC, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 27016 (S.D.N.Y. 2015), a March 4, 2015, decision that came out of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York....
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