Employee wins SJ on ADA claim against naive employer

A federal district court in Tennessee has granted summary judgment to an employee on his disability discrimination claim. The case is significant because it illustrates how an employer's naive approach to assessing the issues and its own termination letter can be devastating to the defense of a disability discrimination claim. Lovell v Champion Car Wash, LLC. More after the jump.

Happy Halloween - you're fired

A district manager for Bath and Body Works claims she was fired for practicing Wicca. The former employee took vacation days to celebrate Samhain, in Salem Mass., in 2008. Samhain, the Celtic new year, coincides with Halloween. In her federal court law suit for religious discrimination she alleges her manager told her "You will need a new career in your new year. … I will be damned if I have a devil worshiper on my team.” An overview of religious discrimination is available from the EEOC website. This case appears to be a direct evidence case rather than a failure to accommodate case.