A jury recently granted a $3.3 million award in a disability discrimination and retaliation lawsuit filed by a former legislative analyst for the Missouri House of Representatives.
On Sept. 30, the Circuit Court of Cole County entered a final judgment in the case against the Missouri House of Representatives and Daniel Adam Crumbliss, who was chief clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives at the time of the lawsuit. The jury found that the state failed to accommodate the analyst's disabilities, unlawfully fired him based on his disabilities and retaliated against him for requesting accommodations.
The analyst was fired in 2017 after he requested workplace accommodations based on his anxiety and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. He claimed Crumbliss retaliated against him after he said that he would speak to the Missouri Commission on Human Rights.
The analyst said his disabilities interfered with sleeping, concentrating, thinking and interacting with others, but he said he was fully capable of completing the essential functions of his job. He requested a quieter work area and the ability to work from home some days and asked to bring in a third party specializing in accommodations to discuss the situation. He claimed his employer didn't evaluate his need for accommodations or engage in an interactive process to determine reasonable accommodations, as required by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
The analyst's direct boss questioned his work...
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