Fallout from the 1998 decision by the California Supreme Court in City of Moorpark continues. Employers are no longer completely shielded from civil damage suits filed by disabled employees. In Moorpark, a city employee who had become wheelchair-bound was dismissed because she could no longer get to her work station, which was on the second floor of the building. She sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act and won.In Jon Fretland's case, he developed lower back problems while wor
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