Southeast ADA Center
2007
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Mr. Alex Cordero was employed as an Environmental Specialist from 1989 to 2005 within the Office of Coastal and Aquatic Management of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). He served as a liaison for legislative affairs and manager to the Lake Ackson Aquatics Preserve. He also was assigned to various special projects and mosquito control. Mr. Cordero received positive performance evaluations until 2004 when Mr. Danny Riley became his supervisor. Mr. Riley allegedly made insensitive comments about Mr. Cordero’s weight. Mr. Cordero is medically obese. According to Mr. Cordero’s physician, his obesity is caused by a physiological disorder of his metabolic system and neurological appetite-suppressing signal system.
https://adasoutheast.org/court-decisions/cordero-v-state-of-florida
Keywords: definition of disability, employment, retaliation