Comments on: $6.5M for not promoting agoraphobic employee https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/03/65m-for-not-promoting-agoraphobic-employee/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Supremacy Claus https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/03/65m-for-not-promoting-agoraphobic-employee/comment-page-1/#comment-2434 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:03:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3228#comment-2434 Accomodation in the case of agoraphobia is harmful. The best treatment is exposure with response prevention.

http://health.enotes.com/mental-disorders-encyclopedia/exposure-treatment

By rewarding the homebound lifestyle with a multi-million verdict, the employee’s lawyer has messed up his future.

Who are the experts in this case? They have much to answer for.

]]> By: gasman https://www.overlawyered.com/2006/03/65m-for-not-promoting-agoraphobic-employee/comment-page-1/#comment-2433 Fri, 17 Mar 2006 17:49:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=3228#comment-2433 It was probably enough that the county was permitting him to work from home.

Some jobs really do require face time and it would be an unreasonable imposition on the customers of those services to meet this guy at his home, or be forced to interact by closed circuit television or internet video confernce call.

Sometimes being disable means that one is unable to perform a particular activity.

Perhaps an agorophobe should seek a career in something that does not require getting out of the house much.

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