Harrassment from Boss results in long term illness

[Zoe60]

What is the name of your state? oh

It was suggested I post here:
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What is the name of your state?OHIO

is it possible for an employer to be required to accept responsibility if they harrass an employee to the point of a nervous breakdown?
After becoming aware of the employee's "panic disorder" the administration began to harrass in a variety of ways:
The employee was made to sign in and out of work, a practice followed by no one else in the office;
The employee was mocked for limping after an injury required the use of a cane for walking;
The employee was confronted by an angry supervisor repeatedly and without cause;
The employee was accused of abusing her staff, again no cause and no due process;
The employee was told to perform duties she was physcially incapable;
The list goes on, but eventually the employee was unable to perform her duties and took family medical leave which may result in permanent disability.

With a pre exsisting condition, would it be possible for the employer to own some of the blame here?

 

[seniorjudge]

What is the name of your state? oh

It was suggested I post here:
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What is the name of your state?OHIO

is it possible for an employer to be required to accept responsibility if they harrass an employee to the point of a nervous breakdown?
After becoming aware of the employee's "panic disorder" the administration began to harrass in a variety of ways:
The employee was made to sign in and out of work, a practice followed by no one else in the office;
The employee was mocked for limping after an injury required the use of a cane for walking;
The employee was confronted by an angry supervisor repeatedly and without cause;
The employee was accused of abusing her staff, again no cause and no due process;
The employee was told to perform duties she was physcially incapable;
The list goes on, but eventually the employee was unable to perform her duties and took family medical leave which may result in permanent disability.

With a pre exsisting condition, would it be possible for the employer to own some of the blame here?

Do you have any medical evidence backing up your claim?

 

[Beth3]

Anything's possible. As seniorjudge aptly observed, you will need one or more medical professionals to substantiate that your medical problem was caused by work. (By the by, "nervous breakdown" is not a medical diagnosis.) If a doctor/psychologist has determined that your mental health problems were caused by work, then what you do is file a worker's comp claim.