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OK let's get this one an Ohio teacher says she suffers to make crippling fear of young children.
-- is okay teaching high school but she was recently reassigned to -- junior high and she is afraid of the younger students.
And now the teacher is suing the school district for discrimination.
Chance to explain this one of our legal panel in San Francisco back from the dead I think former prosecutor Jim Hammer and -- question defense sort of Bernie Grimm and Ted -- Ten com.
-- starting this was -- is pedo phobia and -- a crippling fear of young children she's chosen the.
Occupation of teaching well you know that's one of -- question why would -- choose occupation of teaching if she suffers from this drug disease.
But this off I must tell you had a phobia is something that Israel where it is accepted by the Americans reduce local tax filers.
Yeah.
-- I didn't get -- I would I that would get us out here.
I don't know what happened here is this school district had -- woman yet but definitely tested in 1997.
Found out that she did in fact something from -- -- All of -- yeah.
Yeah screen and you go out and you personally don't like to tell you guys would get to 2000 not thought not and she goes to somebody.
Parents and tell them about of course is going to be eliminated.
As a result of that they decide this and -- Baghdad again and guys who cheat on me and I didn't prepare to -- -- Maybe he's heading into an 88 YE Jim I was afraid I was sitting next on the newsstands and all of like him like I was terrified outweigh.
My.
Forgot how much I -- had Greta I thought that was about it already.
One of those times I had to make sure this was in the April -- packet and that I'm embarrassed to to be a lawyer.
This is this is not -- -- she might win it technically if it was a retaliation case.
But the idea that you still have a record Waterford and jury and say give me a bunch of money isn't afraid because I wanna be a teacher it's it's it's it's insane.
It's gonna come down to legally speaking whether or not there was retaliation but at the end of the day.
She asked him to get to get time off work she could handle the kid she wanted to wrecked the high school -- position as an open Greta she loses the case case over.
I always say this whole idea that you're afraid of children at -- who came up but that -- -- -- -- Bernie your parent maybe you can have things been you know I I thought it was far -- that it was all made up and then I had children -- in my -- You got to know -- I've won three straight times decide who admitted he -- -- -- -- -- and one of -- really -- behind the wheel of a car during a bank robbery with that being said.
Do you Jim phrase and Jim welcome back you know what it's recognizable.
And I want.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- it and then he wasn't afraid of kids use some disorder.
They were tested by the defendant ever tested by the plane the woman -- -- How to get tax high blood pressure she she breaks out in rashes she's freaked out with little kids now go -- of the -- this kind of guard and -- -- on the school district has been made reasonable accommodations that somebody on that Americans would get to go to that go back they -- -- How did you add the dimension plus all the jobs not -- by the time she -- the junior high wants to go back.
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It's how you think he would probably say it's -- -- with the parachuted remained.
And -- the highest go to Egypt Bruce took the withdrawal should get one that may need to okay DA play London American -- to go back Jim you're.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- I remember I remember and threatening to blow a little California air -- a California a lot due to wake up I do think -- -- -- of DC right now hours.
But there are acting like -- out of all the Internet have already on the.
It remains our number I don't get -- disabilities act.
You know -- -- probably -- exploited this women want to allot things and make believe is look bad I think.
This utterly unfamiliar lord what has happened -- in relatively good that's why did you see John McCain vowed not here.
You mean -- -- best food goes the business of teaching and is and does like just afraid children and -- -- -- whether or not.
That's a good course -- why would you go -- -- -- well.
-- prepared you know -- and at 35 years you look for example have a has gotten better.
Ted -- finally what do you -- -- lawyer I'm afraid of fires you'd think this case -- ten.
Yeah it isn't what it -- category.
Yeah.
That was -- -- a phobia and it just does not just thank -- nice to -- backed him.
