She leaned on the accommodation for nearly a year — then one write-up changed everything
A Louisiana beverage server says Caesars Entertainment disciplined her for a side effect of her bipolar medication, then stripped away an accommodation she had used for nearly a year.
That, at least, is the story Alyiah J. Dargin lays out in a lawsuit filed on April 17, 2026, in the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana (Dargin v. Caesars Entertainment, Inc. d/b/a Horseshoe Lake Charles, No. 2:26-cv-01233). No court has ruled on the allegations, and Caesars has not yet responded. But for HR leaders, the sequence she describes reads like a textbook on how an accommodation can quietly come apart.
Dargin has poured drinks at the Lake Charles casino since November 2017, first under its previous owner, Isle of Capri, and then under Caesars after her employment rolled over in December 2022. She has been medically diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In September 2023, her psychiatrist sent the casino formal paperwork asking for intermittent leave and a flexible schedule, explaining that her condition is episodic and that her medication can leave her subdued. According to the suit, Horseshoe agreed. For roughly nine months, she was allowed to start late on difficult days without penalty.
Then, she says, things changed fast.
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