mental disability
Teacher With Expired Teaching Certificate Was Not “Qualified” Within The Meaning Of The ADA
Johnson v. Board of Trustees, 2011 WL 6091313 (9th Cir. 2011)
Patricia Johnson, who had a history of depression and bipolar disorder, taught special education for a school district in Idaho for a decade. Before her teaching certificate expired in 2007, Johnson failed to take sufficient college courses to obtain a renewal of the certificate because she experienced a “major depressive episode.” As a…
Employee With Bipolar Disorder Who Threatened Co-Workers Was Not Discriminated Against On The Basis Of Her Disability
Wills v. Superior Court, 194 Cal. App. 4th 312 (2011)
Linda Wills, who worked as a clerk for the Orange County Superior Court, was terminated from her employment after she told co-workers she was going to add them to her “Kill Bill” list and forwarded a cell phone ringtone to several people, including a co-worker, that said in a “shrieking directive”: “I’m going to…