A woman who suffers from a disorder that affects concentrating, communicating and thinking has sued Bank of America, claiming that under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act, she should have been given a less strenuous job when one opened up at the Farmington call center where she worked.

In her federal lawsuit, filed Feb. 7 in Connecticut, Southington resident Sarena Salmeri said the bank discriminated against her by not giving her the position in its Outbound Department. Salmeri, who was an inbound specialist, took incoming calls from customers and answered their questions regarding home equity lines of credit. She argued that her job is more frenetic and busy than working as an outbound specialist, where she would have had to contact customers to review the terms and conditions of their mortgages, among other tasks.

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