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Caught Sleeping on Shift, Then Citing a Diagnosis: Why the Timing Killed This ADA Claim

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hospital tech got caught sleeping on the overnight shift. Blaming a diabetes medication for it, only after getting caught, didn’t turn her firing into disability discriminati

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TL;DR: An imaging technologist was fired for sleeping during her overnight shift and sued for disability discrimination and interference with medical leave. She never mentioned her diabetes or asked for an accommodation until she was already under investigation. The Third Circuit affirmed summary

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