Stewart v. Snohomish Cnty. Pud No. 1
Decision Date | 21 June 2017 |
Docket Number | CASE NO. C16–0020–JCC |
Citation | 262 F.Supp.3d 1089 |
Parties | Cynthia STEWART, Plaintiff, v. SNOHOMISH COUNTY PUD NO. 1, Defendant. |
Court | U.S. District Court — Western District of Washington |
Joseph R. Shaeffer, Katherine C. Chamberlain, Samuel John Lunde Kramer, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff.
Suzanne Kelly Michael, Cindy M. Lin, Michael & Alexander, Philip A. Talmadge, Sidney Charlotte Tribe, Seattle, WA, for Defendant.
This matter was tried to the Court from May 8, 2017 to May 12, 2017. The claims presented were whether Defendant failed to reasonably accommodate Plaintiff's disability, failed to afford her protected medical leave, and impermissibly fired her because of her disability. After bench trial and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 52(a), the Court makes the following findings of fact and conclusions of law1 :
I. FINDINGS OF FACT
Stewart's Medical Condition
The PUD's Fitness for Duty Policy
The PUD's Earlier Handling of Stewart's Condition
The October 2014 Incident
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