A truck driver whose Iraq War-related post-traumatic stress disorder renders him unable to operate 18-wheelers on public roads has a non-job-related disability under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, which his employer failed to accommodate, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
In an unpublished Feb. 2 opinion, a three-judge panel of the court affirmed a final order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, directing petitioner Lazer Spot to cease and desist denying reasonable accommodations to employees with disabilities and terminating them because of their disabilities; to pay former employee Matthew Harrison more than $104,000 plus 6 percent interest per year from Feb. 7, 2013, until payment is made; to reimburse Harrison nearly $11,000 for court costs; and to offer to reinstate Harrison to his former job as a yard jockey.
