A woman is suing Nederlander West Coast LLC, alleging she was terminated in May from her marketing job because she suffered from depression and had complained about the company’s failure to accommodate her.
Sarah Smallman also says she was required to work in a noisy work environment inside the Pantages Theatre in which colleagues loudly socialized while playing TikTok videos. Her Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges disability discrimination, failure to prevent discrimination, retaliation, failure to accommodate and engage in the interactive process and a number of violations of the state Labor Code. Smallman seeks unspecified damages.
A Nederlander representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit brought Wednesday.
Smallman was hired as a marketing assistant for the live entertainment producer in March 2022 and she told a supervisor that despite having chronic depression and anxiety, she could perform her duties. But from the beginning, …