Legal Opinion
Migdalia Fort, M.D. v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided April 29, 2026No. 1:21-cv-20656Unknown
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY MIGDALIA FORT, M.D., Case No. 21–cv–20656–ESK–AMD Plaintiff, v. OPINION DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,1 Defendant. KIEL, U.S.D.J. After serving 30 years as a psychiatrist for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (the Department), plaintiff Migdalia Fort, M.D. received a pair of cancer diagnoses. She faced substantial medical and financial hardships in the year that followed. In the weeks leading up to Fort’s return to the Department, the parties worked toward arriving at a reasonable accommodation for her to…
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