Winston-Salem based Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice LLP is facing a lawsuit from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over an ex-employee who is fighting breast cancer.

The firing of Charlesetta Jennings from her position as a support assistant  is alleged to be “intentional” and “done with malice or with reckless indifference” of Americans with Disabilities Act requirements. After a second emergence of cancer Jennings was unable to lift more than 20 pounds but was in a position that required her to left 75 pound boxes, when she could not meet this requirement her position was terminated.

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