A former employee of a nonprofit family healthcare system has won damages of more than $2.7 million, including punitive damages of $1.8 million, for the former employer’s failure to accommodate her injury to continue her employment. An appellate court in California has affirmed a trial court decision in litigation stemming from an injury that occurred in 2012. Rosario Contreras-Velazquez underwent unsuccessful surgery to treat a work-related repetitive stress injury in her upper right arm. When she returned to work she was required to use a headset to serve as an appointment technician and to work with a right-handed computer mouse 6-8 hours a day. She asked for an accommodation with a left...