[crazypyro]

You'd have a pretty hard time making the case that the OP was making his co-workers feel unsafe unless you had some concrete proof of a threat of violence or something along that lines.

Not wanting to work with a depressed person is not a valid termination reason because of the categorization as a disability.

[neekburm]

I agree with this analysis. You'd need concrete proof of threat. Otherwise, any employer facing an ADA claim based on mental illness could use the excuse "We're afraid he'll murder us all in a depressed rage" to win.

Reading the post in question, I think the addiction issues are another possible cause of the employer's actions.

Addiction can also be considered an actionable disability, but you have to be treating it or otherwise on the wagon to file suit. I don't have a citation to that on hand, but it's out there.

[fadelakin]

I should mention that I've managed to curb my addiction for the past year and a half now. Coming up to two years clean in December.

[beaverton392]

This is assuming there was an employment relationship. Were you under an employment agreement or was this an independent contractor arrangement?