He'd been told he was getting a bonus - then came the termination call
A longtime GEICO field supervisor with cancer says the insurer fired him days after receiving his request to stop driving at night.
The former supervisor sued Government Employees Insurance Company - the auto insurer known as GEICO - in federal court in Indianapolis on September 2, claiming it ended his employment because of his disability, his request for a workplace adjustment, and his use of medical leave.
He had been with GEICO since 1998, overseeing field associates in Indiana, according to the complaint. He says he routinely met or beat his targets, earning productivity ratings of four or five out of five.
The filing says he has metastatic melanoma - a serious skin cancer that had spread, with brain involvement - along with cataracts. Since about 2021 he had taken intermittent leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, the federal law that protects a worker's job while they take time off for a serious illness.
The heart of the complaint is a single day and the month that followed. On January 13, 2026, he asked to avoid night driving because cataracts brought on by his steroid treatment had impaired his night vision, the complaint states. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, that kind of request is called a reasonable accommodation - a workplace adjustment that lets an employee keep doing the core parts of the job. His doctor sent supporting paperwork, the filing says, and he submitted his...
On October 22, 2026, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Civil Division and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a six-month Healthcare False Claims Act Self-Disclosure Pil...