Noel v. AT&T Corp., No. 14-1401 (8th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseIn 2006, Noel accepted a new position at SBC that involved frequent travel, which aggravated his diabetes. Two years later, Noel was hospitalized after collapsing at an airport, and the next year, SBC gave him a temporary assignment that did not involve travel. After Noel performed poorly in both his new position and the temporary assignment, SBC put him on a performance-improvement plan. Two weeks later, Noel was hospitalized again, after suffering a breakdown. He never returned to SBC. After six months of disability leave, Noel resigned. The district court rejected his claims that SBC violated the Missouri Human Rights Act by constructively discharging him because of his diabetes, a disability. The Eighth Circuit affirmed. SBC expected Noel only to continue his job as it had been; his work was made intolerable not by SBC but by his own worsening health.
Court Description: Civil case - Employment discrimination. In a suit alleging defendant violated the Missouri Human Rights Act by discharging plaintiff because of his diabetes, plaintiff failed to establish either that defendant actually discharged him or that defendant's actions constituted a constructive discharge.
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