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Article: Bipolar damages upheld; Canadian court rules worker suffered bias.(International News)(Brief article)
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- September 1, 2008
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Byline: KRISTIN GUNDERSON HUNT
OTTAWA-The Ontario Superior Court of Justice's Ottawa Divisional Court upheld an $80,000 judgment in favor of an information technology specialist dismissed from his job just days after disclosing to his employer that he suffered from bipolar disorder.
Information technology specialist Paul Lane was fired from his position at ADGA Group Consultants Inc. in October 2001, four days after informing his manager he had Bipolar 1 Disorder and asking the manager to speak with him or contact his wife if she ever noticed any symptoms of a manic or depressive phase. According to the divisional court's judgment, he had been with the ...