Employment Law—Eleventh Circuit Requires Employers to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Employees Erroneously Regarded as Disabled—D’Angelo v. Conagra Foods, Inc., 422 F.3d 1220 (11th Cir. 2005)

Congress enacted the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) to protect disabled individuals from societal discrimination.  The ADA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on their businesses.  In D’Angelo v. Conagra Foods, Inc., the Eleventh Circuit considered whether an employee who is erroneously regarded as disabled by his or her employer is entitled to a reasonable accommodation.  The court determined that the explicit language of the ADA mandates that employers provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities even if the qualification is due to an error in judgment. . . .