2nd DCA Rejects Sedgwick Employee's Claim of Disability Discrimination

The 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected an employee’s claims of disability discrimination by Sedgwick Claims Management Services. Case: Garcia-Laverentz v. Sedgwick Claims Management Services, No. B267176, 04/17/2017, unpublished. Facts: Karla Garcia-Laverentz worked for Sedgwick Claims Management Services as a claims examiner. Garcia-Laverentz suffered from depression, anxiety and asthmatic bronchitis. She experienced two bouts of bronchitis in early 2010, and she told her supervisor she suspected she was getting sick because her coworkers were coming to work while sick. Garc...