A California federal district court denied Kern Medical Surgery Center LLC’s motion to dismiss the claims of an arthritic certified nursing assistant alleging disability discrimination, failure to provide reasonable accommodation and failure to engage in the interactive process in violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act. The court ruled that the discrimination claim was plausible because the CNA properly alleged that her clinical supervisor yelled at her and spoke to her in a threatening tone after she emailed the supervisor about her rheumatoid arthritis. The surgery center failed to engage in the interactive process after she informed the supervisor ...

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