State officials twice ruled the firing unjust. The complaint says Amazon's own HR knew
Amazon fired a warehouse worker with COPD while she was on approved leave, a new federal lawsuit says.
Tammy R. Dombrowsky filed suit on May 7, 2026 in the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against Amazon.com Services, LLC, where she worked as a warehouse associate in Rossford, Ohio from March 2022 until her termination on December 10, 2024. The complaint brings claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act, Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4112, and the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Dombrowsky has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, migraine disorder, and other chronic conditions, according to the filing. Her physician signed a Healthcare Provider Request for Information form on March 28, 2024 supporting an accommodation of up to 15 absences per month, 10 hours each. Amazon approved an intermittent leave on that frequency, retroactive to July 8, 2024 and running through July 1, 2025.
Then, the complaint says, Amazon began coding her protected absences as unexcused unpaid time off, or UPT. That clashed with the company's own written attendance policy, quoted in the filing: "Amazon does not deduct UPT when absences are covered by paid time off, one of our leave of absence (LOA) policies, Accommodations Policy, or applicable law."
Dombrowsky says she flagged the problem more than once. On June 22, 2024, she told Amazon through its internal system that the company owed her...
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