A man fired by IBM for visiting an adult chat room at work is suing the company for $5 million, claiming he is an addict who deserves treatment, not dismissal. James Pacenza says he visits chat rooms to treat traumatic stress incurred in 1969 when he saw his best friend killed during an Army patrol in Vietnam. In papers filed in federal court, Pacenza said the stress caused him to become "a sex addict, and with the development of the Internet, an Internet addict." He's claiming protection under the ADA.
February 21, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A man who was fired by IBM for visiting an adult chat room at work is suing the company for $5 million, claiming he is an Internet addict who deserves treatment and sympathy rather than dismissal.
James Pacenza, 58, of Montgomery, N.Y., says he visits chat rooms to treat traumatic stress incurred in 1969 when he saw his best friend killed during an Army patrol in Vietnam.
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