A fired Samsung Austin Semiconductor LLC technician failed to prove he faced widespread discrimination and harassment from management and co-workers for being legally blind in one eye, a Texas federal judge held.
David Gray didn’t show that supervisors used performance and misconduct issues as excuses to cover up bias in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Judge Alan Albright of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas said Wednesday.
Additionally, Gray couldn’t establish he could perform the essential functions of his technician job with or without his requested accommodations to work remotely or temporarily relocate his ...