Liver Tumor Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Here is the employment discrimination complaint, filed 12/29/14 in the NY County Supreme Court, against Reem Bridals LLC et al. In it, plaintiff alleges disability discrimination under the New York City Human Rights Law. She alleges that defendant fired her shortly learning of her diagnosis with and hospitalization for a liver tumors, failed to accommodate her disability, and intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon her. Among her allegations is that following her hospitalization, the HR director “was completely oblivious to [plaintiff]’s need for accommodation, going so far as to say to her that ‘for all we know, you could be on a cruise ship sipping Pina Coladas.'”

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