Posted by Deadrat on 10/03/07 17:02

Travis Newbury <TravisNewbury@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:1191429553.952048.5090@22g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

> On Oct 3, 11:33 am, Harlan Messinger
> <hmessinger.removet...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Now it's evident that you are ignorant of the law. They are obligated to
>> hire him judging him under the same criteria as they would apply to
>> anyone else as long as he can do the job with reasonable accommodation.
>
> So, I have a restaurant and need a hostess. A woman, with years of
> experience, the best qualified of all the applicants applies for the
> job. The problem is she recently had her face burned in a fire and is
> horribly disfigured...
>
> Can she sue me because I did not hire her? Discrimination because she
> is "handicaped" because of her disfigured face?

I doubt this qualified as a handicap under the ADA. Do you have some
evidence that it does?

> Do I want some
> disfigured woman to be the first thing my customers see when they walk
> into my restaurant?
>
> Hell no.
>
>

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