Nevada's University Medical Center to Pay Former Employee $150K in Claustrophobia Case

University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nev., has agreed to pay a former employee $150,000 after she accused the hospital of failing to accommodate her claustrophobia, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal news report.

In 2007, Jayne Feshold, a former medical data technician, complained to hospital supervisors that she was experiencing acute anxiety due to her cubicle and that it was affecting her job performance. According to Ms. Feshold's complaint, two managers failed to move her to more open space and then she was fired in 2008.

County commissioners were afraid the settlement would "open the floodgates," though county counsel advised Ms. Feshold had significant documentation to back her claims. According to the news report, claustrophobia is covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act, if carefully documented. Two physicians diagnosed Ms. Feshold's anxiety was rooted in claustrophobia, attesting to her condition, according to the news report.

Read the news report about the ADA lawsuit with University Medical Center.

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