traffic-photo.JPG

A Berlin woman with serious commuter anxiety is suing her former employer after her bosses wouldn't change her work schedule so she could avoid rush hour.

(Star-Ledger file photo)

CHERRY HILL — A NJ woman with serious commuter anxiety is suing her former employer after her bosses wouldn't change her work schedule so she could avoid rush hour.

According to a report in the Courier-Post Andrea DeGerolamo of Berlin "began to feel great anxiety and depression, which was especially aggravated by crowded roadways experienced during the heavy traffic of rush hour," the suit says.

Her medical condition qualified her as being disabled, according to the legal papers.

She took a medical leave in August 2012, and when she returned in November 2012, she asked if she could come to work after the morning rush and leave before the evening rush. According to her suit, such a request was reasonable given her disability.

The company obliged her request, but changed her job, making it more clerical. DeGerolamo objected. On May 17 she was fired, according to the news report.

DeGerolamo's lawsuit, filed in federal court in Camden, claims that Fulton Financial’s actions violated the state’s Law Against Discrimination. She is seeking unspecified financial damages.

Neither her attorney or Fulton Financial's was available for comment, according to the report.

MORE CAMDEN COUNTY NEWS