Legal Opinion
Illingworth v. Nestle U.S.A., Inc.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided May 21, 1996No. Civil Action 95-2409(JCL)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LIFLAND, District Judge.
This case presents the question of whether an employer can violate the handicap provision of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (“LAD”) when, at the time it decided to fire the employee, it indisputably lacked knowledge of the employee’s handicap. After canvassing New Jersey law and cases interpreting federal antidiscrimination statutes, the Court holds that the employer’s knowledge of the employee’s handicap is an element of the plaintiffs prima facie case. Absent such knowledge, the prima facie ease fails and the employer cannot, as a matter of law, be…
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