Legal Opinion
Downs v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided July 6, 1998No. CIV. A. 95-11920-MELPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
Anthony Downs sues his former employer, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (“MBTA”), for wrongful termination in the wake of having been fired after the MBTA learned he had given false responses to two questions asked during a pre-employment medical examination. The MBTA discovered these false answers in the course of investigating a workers’ compensation claim Downs filed nearly two years after being-hired by the MBTA.
Downs maintains that the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Rehabilitation Act prohibit employers from asking questions of the…
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