Award-wining Z.buds!“A former Apple employee of the SoHo (NYC) retail store has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging the company discriminated against her after treatment by a psychiatrist for a ‘nervous disorder,’ kept her in limbo without duties for several months, and denied her a promotion after questioning her mental stability,” ifoAppleStore reports.

“Nicole Sutton, 22, filed the lawsuit on Christmas Eve in U.S. District Court in Illinois, where she now lives,” ifoAppleStore reports. “She is alleging a violation of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), and asks for front and back pay, employment benefits, interest, punitive damages of $300,000 and attorney’s fees.”

ifoAppleStore reports, “Sutton [says] …that her medical condition was improperly disclosed to Apple store personnel by the company handling her disability claim. Sutton’s lawsuit says that she ‘was in fact not mentally ill,’ that she was constructively discharged by Apple’s actions, and that she suffered ‘emotional distress, humiliation and embarrassment’ because of the company’s actions.”

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