The employer hired Kristy Sones, a registered nurse, to work as a Field Nurse in Picayune, Mississippi in 2006. Field nurses provide home health care to patients and Sones estimated that she spent “probably a couple hours” traveling to see six to eight patients every day. In March 2009, Sones talked to her supervisor about being promoted to a Team Leader position, which would be more of a supervisory role, requiring fewer home visits. It was not clear whether this promotion actually went through.

On May 26, 2009, Sones had a grand mal seizure at work. An ambulance took her to a local hospital and her treating physician released her to return to work two days later. She was restricted from driving for one year. When she returned to work, Sones discussed her medical condition with her supervisors and they decided that Sones would get rides to work from her coworker and she could have her mother drive her to in-home visits.

Sones's new antiseizure medications left her feeling “very tired” and struggling with memory so she asked her supervisor for “extra help” with the computer-related requirements of her job, including remembering her passwords and using the scheduling software. Sones testified that her supervisor responded to her request for help by simply walking away. After several weeks, management brought several problems to Sones's attention including her subpar computer skills, errors she made while working with patients in the field, and communication and scheduling problems. Her employer also received a complaint from a patient who requested that Sones not be sent back to her home so they decided to terminate Sones.

According to Sones’ testimony, the employer said nothing about Sones’ performance problems or driving restriction but rather stated: “We're going [to] have to let you go, because you're a liability to our company.” Does Sones have a claim? Did the employer fail to accommodate Sones and discriminate against her on the basis of her disability? Does it matter if she had been promoted to Team Leader or was still a Field Nurse?