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$22 million verdict for denied telework request

04/20/2026

Instead of filing disability failure-to-accommodate claims, lawyers for employees whose health fails without a requested accommodation shift to negligence law. They claim that but for the missed accommodation, the employee’s health would not have worsened.

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