Deaf woman fired for being 'loud' awarded £588k

A woman has been awarded almost £588,000 after she was fired for being too "loud" – despite this being caused by her deafness.

The Miami New Times reports that Christine D'Onofrio was fired from her job at Costco in 2013, where she had been working for 14 years.

She said she had been begging for the company to better accommodate her disability, but instead her managers accused her of being “loud and aggressive” and brought in an interpreter to have her fired.

"She was fired and lost literally her entire purpose," says D'Onofrio's attorney, Chad Levy. "No spouse or kids. Costco was her life and how she would communicate with the outside world."