Woodbridge Company Pays $45K in ADA Suit

A telecommunications firm withdrew a job offer from a job candidate after they learned he has a form of albinism that impairs his vision.

A Woodbridge-based telecommunications firm settled a $45,000 disability lawsuit because they withdrew a job offer from a mangement hire when they learned he suffered from impaired vision.  RCC Consultants, with headquarters in Woodbridge, NJ, had initially offered Stanton Woodcock a managing consultant position at their Virginia branch in 2007, according to a report in Business Insurance.  They discovered that Woodcock suffered from ocular albinism, an inherited condition that left him with little to no melanin content in his eyes, and significant vision impairment to the point where he couldn't operate an automobile. According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), when RCC found out later that month Woodcock couldn't …

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