Another EEOC Lawsuit Is Rejected

On October 1, 2009, the EEOC issued a press release that it had sued the Picture People ("TPP")  – a nationwide chain of photography studios – alleging that it had harassed and discharged a deaf employee in violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act.  Nearly two years later, Judge Philip Brimmer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado granted summary judgment  for the employer in EEOC v. The Picture People, Inc., No. 09-CV-2315 (D. Colo. May 9, 2011). The ruling stands in stark contrast to the EEOC's press release, and marks another loss in the Commission's litigation program this year, which we have previously analyzed here and here. 

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