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Pre-Suit ADA Requirements Not Satisfied by Nurse’s Assistant’s Initial EEOC Charge, Intake Questionnaire, or Amended Charge
By Jackson Lewis P.C. on
Posted in Disability & Leave Management
A certified nurse’s assistant cannot pursue a disability discrimination claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act because she failed to exhaust her administrative remedies, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ruled in Davenport v. Asbury Inc., No. 3:12-CV-00445 (E.D. Tenn. Mar. 29, 2013).
Under the ADA, a claimant must file a…