Acevedo v. Flightsafety Int'l, Inc.

REISNER, P.J.A.D.

*186Plaintiff Rex Fornaro, a flight instructor, filed a disability discrimination and retaliatory discharge claim against his employer, defendant Flightsafety International, Inc. (Flightsafety), a flight training school, under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, *187N.J.S.A. 10:5-12 to -49 (LAD).3 In rendering its verdict, the jury found that defendant fired plaintiff due to his disability and as a reprisal for seeking accommodation of his disability.

The jury awarded defendant back pay of about $83,000, but awarded nothing for pain and suffering, apparently rejecting…