{"id":21831,"date":"2013-02-12T04:19:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T09:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=21831"},"modified":"2013-02-12T07:47:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T12:47:24","slug":"deaf-man-alleges-he-was-fired-because-of-disability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/02\/12\/deaf-man-alleges-he-was-fired-because-of-disability\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf man alleges he was fired because of disability"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deaf man alleges he was fired because of disability<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 4, 2013<\/p>\n

By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau<\/p>\n

HOUSTON \u2013 John McCaskill has filed a lawsuit against American Fire Systems Inc., alleging he was fired because he is deaf.<\/p>\n

The suit, filed Jan. 28 in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas, asserts that McCaskill was the subject of disparate treatment because of his impairment.<\/p>\n

AFS hired the plaintiff as a sprinkler fitter apprentice on July 5, 2008.<\/p>\n

McCaskill, who wears a hearing aid and can read lips to communicate, says he made the company well aware of his inability to hear but \u201csubjected [him] to acts of discrimination\u201d nonetheless.<\/p>\n

He claims his superiors told him that his disability was holding him up while his co-workers teased him for how he talked, adding a colleague even wrote that he was \u201cnot worth a s***\u201d on his hard hat.<\/p>\n

The original petition further shows other workers made lewd comments about the complainant\u2019s wife.<\/p>\n

McCaskill also recalls a time in which a worker named Carlos purportedly hit him in the head and caused his hearing aid to fall out of place.<\/p>\n

A supervisor allegedly ordered the plaintiff not to file a complaint in response to the attack or he would lose his job, the suit says.<\/p>\n

AFS dismissed McCaskill after he injured himself lifting parts out of a box in June 2009.<\/p>\n

According to court papers, the respondent cited excessive absences as its reason for the firing though McCaskill believes the company was retaliating against him.<\/p>\n

A jury trial is requested.<\/p>\n

Attorney Albert T. Van Huff with Monshaugen & Van Huff PC in Houston is representing McCaskill.<\/p>\n

Case No. 4:13-CV-198<\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/setexasrecord.com\/news\/281156-deaf-man-alleges-he-was-fired-because-of-disability<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deaf man alleges he was fired because of disability February 4, 2013 By John Suayan, Galveston Bureau HOUSTON \u2013 John McCaskill has filed a lawsuit against American Fire Systems Inc., alleging he was fired because he is deaf. The suit,…<\/p>\n

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