I had to give this a google, the lawsuit failed - The tribunal judge stated that “disability discrimination occurs when a disabled person is treated less favourably than a comparator who is not disabled. Those who do not have a disability cannot receive 75% of salary for their entire working life without having to do any work,” therefore “it follows that the non-disabled [employee] is treated less favourably than the disabled, not the other way round.” He received £54,000 a year while on the 12 years of sick leave. Originally absent from work due to mental health and then 4 years later due to advanced leukaemia. My thoughts are that IBM have a very patient and generous disability plan and I worry such use of it may cause them (and the industry) to make it less favourable to people moving forward. I agree with the courts ruling.