His firing claim died on a deadline - but the interview questions kept the case alive
Yelp must face claims it refused to rehire a cancer survivor because of his disability, a federal court ruled.
A federal magistrate judge in Washington, DC, on August 28, 2026, let three of four claims proceed against the online reviews company. Only the oldest claim, over the worker's 2022 firing, was dismissed.
The worker joined Yelp in January 2019 as a trainee and rose to senior account executive, generally meeting or beating his sales targets. In late 2021 he was diagnosed with lung cancer and began chemotherapy. His cancer returned in 2022, making it hard to breathe on sales calls. HR told him to stop making those calls, and on October 22, 2022, Yelp fired him. The company allegedly told him he could not do the job because of his cancer, but said he could contact HR about reemployment once he recovered.
In May 2025, after recovering, he applied for an account manager role and completed a phone screen and a video interview. He alleges the interviewer fixated on his cancer diagnosis and treatment history rather than his qualifications, and seemed unfamiliar with accommodations when he raised them. Two days later, Yelp chose another candidate. He alleges the job stayed posted.
He first sued in DC Superior Court in September 2025, and Yelp moved the case to federal court. The court then dismissed his wrongful-termination claim under the DC Human Rights Act. He had two years to sue over...
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