Legal Opinion
Megwinoff v. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 1, 2000No. 00-1483PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Olga Andreu Megwinoff worked for Banco Bilbao Vizcaya from 1992 to 1997. It is undisputed that there was an incident of sexual harassment in her early years there. Her present lawsuit alleges that since then she was discriminated against as an older female employee and that as her health deteriorated BBV failed to make reasonable accommodations. Her health continued to deteriorate and she contracted cancer. She left on sick leave on September 24, 1996 and never returned to work. Puerto Rican law requires that employers under such circumstances hold open positions for a…
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