A federal choose in West Virginia sided with an employer who terminated an worker who “lied” on his employment utility about medical situations, discovering he wasn’t protected by the confidentiality provision of the Individuals with Disabilities Act as a result of he later voluntarily disclosed his medical data.
In a Sept. 27 opinion, U.S. District Chief Choose Thomas S. Kleeh of the Northern District of West Virginia held that John Sigley, who was terminated after he opted to not establish any medical situations on his job utility for ND Paper, doing enterprise as ND Paper/Fairmont, wasn’t protected by the Individuals with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) as a result of he had chosen to voluntarily disclose his confidential medical data.
