Comments on: “Ex-Worker Sues City Over Service Dog For Paprika Allergy”

By: Saturday Links | The Agitator

Saturday Links | The Agitator — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:46:18 +0000

[…] ADA because the city wouldn’t let her bring her allergy dog to work. But that’s because the city was protecting another worker, also under the ADA, who had an allergy to […]

By: Jesse Spurway

Jesse Spurway — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:23:54 +0000

an employer needs to pre-screen potential employees for allergies?
this whole thing is a catch-22.
i would recommend what happened at our office. instead of telling a woman she was using enough “perfume” to kill a herd of elephants, and causing another lady breathing problems, they decided to install air cleaners. Then some folks complained that the constant noise of the air cleaners impeded their ability to do their work.
Solution, the lady with the breathing problems was moved into a private office (with one of the air cleaners) even though her ranking did not rate a private office.
the moral is – everyone was happy when the perfumed lady got another job on another floor.

By: LisaMarie

LisaMarie — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:57:46 +0000

I wonder two things:
Will they lose because they told her a dog was ok and then backpedaled?
A lot of people are scoffing at the allergy idea. How on earth would this employer have handled a blind person with a service dog? Fired them?

By: wfjag

wfjag — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:40:21 +0000

@boblipton:
“A co-worker whose other disability requires the constant presence of paprika.”

Bob, are you saying after the end of Seinfeld, that the Soup Nazi moved to Indianapolis?

By: Jamie R

Jamie R — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:10:23 +0000

Maybe the city shouldn’t have told her about the dog, told her she could have the dog, and waited for her to buy the dog for $10,000 before telling her she couldn’t have the dog. If the facts as reported in the story are true, it’s almost like the Indianapolis Department of Code Enforcement was trying to get sued.

By: captnhal

captnhal — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:40:57 +0000

Indianapolis is guaranteed to lose either way on the paprika allergy vs. dog allergy suit.

Lawyers are guaranteed to win either way on the paprika allergy vs. dog allergy suit.

By: boblipton

boblipton — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:56:03 +0000

A co-worker whose other disability requires the constant presence of paprika.

Bob

By: Scott Jacobs

Scott Jacobs — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:21:53 +0000

Were I this gal, I would have kept my mouth shut…

I mean, the only way the business justified declining “to accept a service dog as reasonable accommodation” is if they valued the other person more as an employee.

I wouldn’t announce that.