Worker wins new hearing / Public service ambassador accused employer of disability bias
Source: By MARIE ROHDE, Journal Sentinel (WI), March 18, 2008
A downtown Milwaukee public service ambassador who was fired after she refused to stop wearing a wrist brace and using a cane could get her job back as the result of a decision issued Tuesday by the 1st District Court of Appeals.
..... In June 2004, her employers at Wackenhut Corp. insisted that she see the firm's doctor in connection with Rutherford's worker's compensation claim. That doctor said she was able to do the necessary work without the cane or wrist brace. She balked, saying her personal doctor thought otherwise. Her bosses gave her a month to obtain a medical report or work without the brace and cane.