Legal Opinion

Koci v. Central City Optical Co.

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided November 14, 2014No. Civil Action No. 14-2983PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

DALZELL, District Judge.

We consider here the motion to dismiss plaintiff Roxanne Koci’s claims that Central City Optical Company, doing business as Philadelphia Eyeglass Labs ' (“PEL”), discriminated against her for a perceived disability and/or her association with her disabled son, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq., and the Pennsylvania Hu*485man Relations Act (“PHRA”), 43 P.S. §§ 951 et seq.

For the reasons detailed below, we will grant PEL’s motion.

I. Factual Allegations

Plaintiff Roxanne Koci is a fifty-year old woman who worked…

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