April 26, 2012
Cottonwood Financial Ltd. fought to reverse a ruling that the payday lender discriminated against a bipolar store manager, saying Tuesday that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission offered no proof that the company regarded the worker as disabled.
March 29, 2012
A federal judge in Washington state has handed the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission a victory in one of its first disability discrimination lawsuits taken to trial concerning bipolar disorder, finding payday lender Cottonwood Financial Ltd. improperly fired a store manager, the agency said Wednesday.