Kansas man says he was fired from restaurant due to being diagnosed with HIV – WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — A Kansas man claims he was fired from a restaurant in Overland Park after he was diagnosed with HIV, and a lawsuit was filed in federal court.

Mark Dugan is the attorney representing the man who used to work as a server at a Big Biscuit restaurant.

“It’s, at the minimum, disability discrimination, or discrimination based on the perception of disability,” Dugan said. “I think it’s likely discrimination based on the stigma and negative perception about HIV.”

When his client accepted the job in 2017, he explained that he couldn’t work on Sundays…