A-25-14 Patricia Delvecchio v. Township of Bridgewater (074936)

In this appeal, we consider whether a plaintiff employee may rely on the testimony of a treating physician, who has not been designated as an expert witness, to demonstrate a disability in her discrimination claim under the Law Against Discrimination (LAD), N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -42.

Plaintiff Patricia A. Delvecchio was employed by the Township of Bridgewater (Township) as a police dispatcher for the Township’s Police Department (Department). She alleged that she suffered from inflammatory bowel syndrome (IBS), and that her condition worsened when she was assigned to work the midnight shift.…