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Total Causal Connection Cases: 1
Plaintiff was employed as a bus operator with the Miami-Dade Transit Agency (MDTA) until he was fired on August 3, 2000. Plaintiff brought suit claiming he was fired in violation of the ADA and asserted that the MDTA Director became hostile toward him and threatened him with the loss of his job because he served as an advocate for his co-worker during a disciplinary hearing, and assisted the co-worker in filing a charge of disability discrimination with the EEOC. Defendants, however, claimed that the Plaintiff was fired for his failure to take a post accident drug test.
On December 12, 2000, a hearing examiner issued a report which concluded that the Plaintiff violated the Defendant
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