Partner Ed Sweeney won a second jury trial in two months, receiving a verdict of just over $200,000.  Sweeney represented a Corrections Officer, Darick Easterling,  who worked for over 19 years at the County of Delaware prison, which was run by private entities.  He had a medical condition.  The last private entity, GEO, had accommodated his disability, which put a restraint on his ability to work long shifts.  However, in April 2022, the County of Delaware required that when it took back under direct public control the prison, a prison guard work two eight-hour shifts in a row.  Easterling requested reasonable accommodations for his disability, which the County denied.  Because he could not work the now-required hours, he was terminated.  Our firm sued for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Pennsylvania disability law.  A federal jury in Philadelphia
found that the County discriminated against him and violated his right to reasonable accommodation.  In the damages stage of the trial, the trial Court awarded a verdict of just over $200,000 in back and front pay.