HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT UNDER THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
Before an employee can file a claim for a hostile work environment under the ADA, the Federal Courts have stated that the Plaintiff must prove the following:
1) That the employee is a qualified individual with a disability;
2) That he was subjected to unwelcome harassment;
3) That the harassment was based on disability;
4) That the harassment was sufficiently severe or pervasive to alter a term,
condition or privilege of employment5) That some factual basis exists to impute liability for the harassment to the employer
