Legal Opinion
Evans v. Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 8, 2000No. Civ.A. 98-1863 (EGS)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SULLIVAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff Daniel C. Evans was hired as a writer by a charitable organization, defendant Davis Memorial Goodwill Industries, for an initial employment term of 90 days, but was terminated before the initial term ended. Defendant claims that plaintiff was terminated because he could not perform the essential writing functions of the job. However, plaintiff states that he has sound writing skills to perform the core functions of the job for which he was hired, and that he was improperly fired because of behavior problems stemming from his brain…
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