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Title: Ex USC Football Coach Sues for Disability Discrimination http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2015/12/ex-usc-football-coach-sues-for-disability-discrimination-.html Source: Workplace Prof

*Date:* Dec 15, 2015

*Summary: *For those of you looking for interesting hypotheticals or cases for your class next semester, several news pieces http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/08/fired-football-coach-usc-discriminated-against-me-as-battled-alcoholism/discuss the recent lawsuit filed by former USC football coach Steve Sarkisian. The ex-coach claims that the school fired him because of his alcoholism, thus resulting in disability discrimination. The complaint asserts that "Instead of accommodating [the coach's] disability, USC kicked him to the curb." In the high profile case, Sarkisian is seeking $12 million in lost wages in his contract, as well as other compensation. The complaint http://documents.latimes.com/sarkisians-complaint-damages/ is worth taking a look at if you are interested in this area of the law, as well as the excellent summary in the LA Times http://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/la-sp-usc-sarkisian-lawsuit-20151208-story.html. The case will certainly be one to watch.

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