MSSSV successfully represented People Care, Inc. against a claim of disability discrimination in the Supreme Court for Suffolk County. People Care, a well established and respected home health care agency, was accused by a former employee of terminating her employment based on her “acute asthmatic bronchitis.” We argued that plaintiff’s “disability” was not covered under the New York State Executive Law as it was a mere winter illness, which had no substantial effect on the plaintiff. The Court further found that plaintiff’s supervisor had no knowledge of the alleged disability and terminated her solely based on insubordination.
Michael A. Miranda, Maurizio Savoiardo and Gerald C. Waters, Jr. worked on the case.