A city of Detroit planner can sue her employer over her co-worker’s perfume under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Susan McBride alleges her co-worker’s perfume made it difficult for her to breathe and impossible for her to do her job.
A U.S. District Judge rejected the city’s attempt to have the lawsuit thrown out, saying McBride “has produced evidence that her breathing is significantly restricted” by the co-worker’s perfume, according to The Detroit News.
The judge said it’s not clear the city took reasonable steps to accommodate McBride’s condition.
McBride is seeking unspecified damages.
The city argued McBride “is not disabled because she is not substantially impaired in a major life activity.”
But the judge said McBride does present a potential claim under the federal disabilities law.
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