Bimberg v. Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker Schools

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT SUMMARY JUDGMENT

THOMAS L. LUDINGTON, District Judge.

The Americans with Disabilities Act, among its protections, prohibits employers from discriminating against employees because of their “relationship or association” with a disabled individual. 42 U.S.C. § 12112(b)(4). In pertinent (if somewhat cumbersome) part, the Act provides that employers are prohibited from “excluding or otherwise denying equal jobs or benefits to a qualified individual because of the known disability of an individual with whom the qualified individual is known to have a relationship…