Storm's California Employment Law » ricci http://stormsemploymentlaw.com The First Blog Dedicated To California Employment Law. Original reporting. Cradle-to-grave law tracking. Since 2004. Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:26:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://stormsemploymentlaw.com http://stormsemploymentlaw.com/favicon.ico Storm's California Employment Law Lewis v. Chicago http://stormsemploymentlaw.com/lewis-v-chicago/ http://stormsemploymentlaw.com/lewis-v-chicago/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 20:10:05 +0000 Jon-Erik G. Storm http://stormsemploymentlaw.com/?p=785 Damned if you do, Ricci‘d if you don’t—or if you try and correct the past mistake, that is.

I’m sure none of the demagoguery about Ricci thought that this consequence could have been predicted. It was obvious.

Most likely, the idea is to continue to problematize Title VII until it seems entirely unworkable. Other than that, I don’t see the strategy behind the demagoguing the these two cases. I don’t think many of the fever pitched voices about Ricci ever really cared about employers or employment.

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Frank Ricci got his job by suing under the ADA for discrimination against his dyslexia.

“In a confidential settlement, struck two years later, Mr. Ricci withdrew his lawsuit in exchange for a job with the fire department and $11,143 in attorney’s fees.”

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