Frank Poole had been teaching hearing impaired students in theJackson County schools for six years w
Frank Poole had been teaching hearing impaired students in theJackson County schools for six years when he was hospitalized withpneumocystis carinii pneumonia and, subsequently was diagnosed ashaving AIDS. Despite the county medical director’s report thatPoole’s condition did not place his students or others in theschool at any risk, the Department of Education reassigned Poole toan administrative position and barred him from teaching in theclassroom. Poole filed suit, alleging that the Departmentdiscriminated against him on the basis of his disability (AIDS).What legal statue(s) applies in this case? What issue(s) must thecourt decide in this case? If you were the judge, how would yourule? Did the employer discriminate unlawfully? Why or Why not? Attached