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  1. Rodriguez-Alvarez v. Municipality of Juana Diaz, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 23342 (D. P.R., Feb. 17, 2017)

    The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico denied summary judgment for the defendants in an employment discrimination case, allowing the case to proceed and be decided on the merits. Rodriguez-Alvarez, a person living with HIV (PLHIV ...

    admin - 5/1/2017 11:02am

  2. Clayton v. Michigan Department of Corrections, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 170366 (W.D. Mich. Dec. 9, 2016)

    Clayton, a prisoner living with HIV, filed a civil rights action under §1983 against the Michigan Department of Corrections (“MDOC”) and others, including medical staff contractors, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. ...

    admin - 4/10/2017 5:53pm

  3. EEOC v. Granite Mesa Health Center LTD., No. 1:16-cv-01113-LY (W.D. Texas, consent decree signed Feb. 8, 2017)

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    admin - 3/16/2017 3:04pm

  4. Rodriguez-Alvarez v. Municipality of Juana Diaz, Civil Action No. 14-01924-WGY (D. P.R., Feb. 17, 2017).

    A federal trial judge refused to dismiss a former employee’s ADA case against her municipal employer who radically and negatively altered her working situation shortly after she informed them that she had been diagnosed with HIV. Evidence of discriminatio ...

    admin - 3/14/2017 6:06pm

  5. Administrative Judges Hearing Social Security HIV Disability Claims Shouldn't Play Doctor: ABIGAIL HERNANDEZ v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172454 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 14, 2016)

    [The following summary is excerpted from LGBT Law notes, The LeGaL Foundation of the LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, January 2017, with thanks to Professor Arthur S. Leonard, New York Law School, Founder/Editor-in Chief, of LGBT Law Notes.] A wo ...

    admin - 1/31/2017 5:18pm

  6. New EEOC Publications on HIV/AIDS and Employment Discrimination

    The National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States: Updated to 2020 (“NHAS 2020”) is a critically important review of the status of our nation’s response to the HIV epidemic in America and an action plan for the continuing fight. As part of the EEOC ...

    admin - 2/9/2016 4:26pm

  7. Lundy v. Phillips Staffing, 2014 WL 811544 (D.S.C. 2014).

    Lundy brought suit against his former employer alleging discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12101) (ADA) when he was fired after his employer Phillips learned of Lundy’s positive HIV status. In 2011, Phillips Staffing off ...

    admin - 11/4/2015 5:41pm

  8. How to Comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act: A Guide for Restaurants and Other Food Service Employers, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2011)

    This is a compilation of explanations and answers to frequently asked questions that outline how food service employers can avoid liability by staying in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). It explains those ADA employment rules relev ...

    admin - 10/22/2015 11:32am

  9. Employment and Living with HIV/AIDS: A Resource Guide, United States Department of Labor (2012)

    This resource guide from the United States Department of Labor provides useful information for people with HIV seeking to begin or return to work. In addition to explaining laws that protect from discrimination based on HIV status, the guide gives good st ...

    admin - 7/14/2014 10:52am

  10. Maureen K. v. Tuschka (Appeal), 155 Cal. Rptr. 3d 620 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013)

    In this appellate decision, the Court of Appeal of the State of California Second Appellate District found that the respondent’s refusal to provide medical treatment to the appellant due to the appellant’s HIV status was a violation of the Unruh Civil Rig ...

    admin - 4/10/2014 1:29pm

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