Legal Opinion
Strass v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Mid-Atlantic
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 20, 2000No. 96-CV-1122PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAGNER, Chief Judge.
This case involves claims of breach of contract and wrongful termination of employment under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act, D.C.Code § 1-2512(a)(1) (1992) (Human Rights Act or the Act), which prohibits an employer from discharging an employee for discriminatory reasons, including physical handicap. After being terminated from her employment, appellant, Stephanie Strass, sued her former employer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States, Inc. (Kaiser), alleging that her employment had been terminated because of her physical handicap,…
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