A Tontitown-based trucking firm wants to dismiss a federal lawsuit regarding the firing of a truck driver who was HIV positive.
Detroit attorney Michael J. Tauscher filed last month the motion to dismiss the lawsuit against PAM Transportation Services Inc.
The motion to dismiss contends the lawsuit didn’t state claims on which a federal court in Michigan could grant relief.
The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued PAM in September. The suit alleges that a Kalamazoo, Mich., driver wasn’t allowed to return to work after company administrators discovered the driver was HIV positive.
The federal suit, filed in a Michigan court, claims PAM violated the federal Americans with Disabilities Act by firing the driver, referred to only as ...
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