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Legal blindness is basis for disability claim

Legal blindness is basis for disability claim

Legal blindness is basis for disability claim

The Michigan Court of Appeals has reversed a trial court decision dismissing a disability discrimination case brought by a legally blind social worker. The trial court had ruled that her vision problems did not constitute a disability under the state’s disability discrimination law because it did not substantially limit one or more major life activities. The case was brought by a woman who needed special reading devices to help her do her job as an intake worker for her nonprofit social service agency and was terminated after a number of disputes with her employer. There was substantial dispute in the depositions about the quality of her work and about expert testimony. The trial court...

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