Legal Opinion
Viscik v. Fowler Equipment Co., Inc.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 28, 2002PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
LONG, J.
Four days after she was hired, plaintiff Regina Viscik (Viscik) was discharged from her position as a billing clerk with defendant Fowler Equipment Company, Inc. (Fowler). Thereafter, Viscik filed a complaint against Fowler alleging that her obesity was a handicap and that she had been discharged on the basis of that handicap in violation of the Law Against Discrimination (LAD). N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 to -42. She recovered a judgment that was affirmed by the Appellate Division. We granted Fowler’s petition for certification and here revisit the…
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