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Article

4 Apr 2013

Author:
Susanna Kim, ABC News [USA]

New York Man Says He Was Fired For Having HIV [USA]

A New York City man claims he was abruptly fired from his finance job at a car dealership after his employer learned he is HIV-positive. Jeffrey Villacampa…filed a lawsuit…against Bayside Volkswagen…with the Supreme Court of the State of New York County, suing for $4 million…[He] alleges sexual orientation discrimination, individual liability for sexual orientation discrimination against three former colleagues, and retaliation under the New York City Human Rights Law. Bayside Volkswagen did not return a request for comment...Villacampa claims he was subject to "an outrageously offensive conversation"…Villacampa said it wasn't until his colleagues learned he was HIV-positive that he was later fired…