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NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit reversed a Texas federal court’s dismissal of a disabled Black employee’s retaliation and discrimination claims against Navarro County, where he worked in the drug trafficking division. He was in remission from cancer that was treated with throat surgery, so he asked to work remotely in 2020 to avoid contracting Covid-19, but his supervisor denied this and he was placed on leave after complaining about it. The lower court erred in determining the employee hadn’t produced enough evidence of his claims.
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