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FEHA
27
Mar

JML Law Wins Appeal in ‘Unprecedented’ Disability Case Against LAUSD For Failure to Accommodate Teacher With Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity

March 27, 2021,
Friday, March 26, 2021 Brown v. LAUSD establishes that symptoms of ‘electromagnetic hypersensitivity’ a.k.a. ‘Microwave Sickness’ could be deemed a ‘physical disability’ under the FEHA LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 26, 2021 / Today, JML Law announced it has won a major appeal in the California Court of Appeal that establishes that a plaintiff who pleads...
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22
Mar

LAUSD Teacher Can Proceed With Claim For Disability Allegedly Caused By School’s Wi-Fi System

March 22, 2021
Source: National Law Review https://www.natlawreview.com/article/california-employment-law-notes-march-2021 Brown v. Los Angeles Unified School Dist., 2021 WL 631030 (Cal. Ct. App. 2021) Laurie Brown, a teacher at Millikan Middle School, alleged she experienced chronic pain, which was allegedly caused by a new Wi-Fi system the school had installed.  Brown’s medical provider diagnosed her with “electromagnetic hypersensitivity sensitivity” (EHS).  Brown...
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24
Feb

Is Wi-Fi Sickness a Disability? California Appellate Court Holds That It Is Under FEHA

February 24, 2021
Dykema Gossett PLLC USA February 23 2021 Is Wi-Fi sickness a disability? The California Court of Appeal just said it is in Brown v. Los Angeles Unified School District (2d Dist., Div. Eight), Case No. B294240. In a case that tests the limits of California’s liberal pleading standard, the appellate court green-lighted a claim of a woman who...
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