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Courts dismiss complaint for failure to hire

Courts dismiss complaint for failure to hire

Courts dismiss complaint for failure to hire

As a plaintiff, you have to be concerned when the first sentence of the court’s opinion says you filed a complaint for discrimination stemming from a nonprofit’s failure to hire you to a position for which you do not recall applying. It is an abrupt start to a case that is a little more complicated when all the facts are explained. A woman suffered traumatic brain injury in an automobile accident in 2000. She began receiving Social Security disability benefits but continued to work for her former employer in a reduced capacity until it closed in 2008. She later worked in a Goodwill Industries supportive training program and as a volunteer, paid by Goodwill, in a gift shop at the Geisinger...

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