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Lake States Lumber to Pay $100,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)


Employee Was Fired Due to Perceived Disability, Federal Agency Charged
MINNEAPOLIS – Lake States Lumber, Inc., a company operating in Duluth, Minn., has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today.
According to the EEOC’s suit, an employee who worked for Lake States Lumber, a manufacturer and wholesale distributor of lumber and wood products, took leave for heart surgery. After surgery, his doctors released him to return to work with no restrictions, but managers restricted his ability to work and assigned him to a different job. Nine days later, he was fired, the EEOC said. ....

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