ADA doesn’t protect medical marijuana users 
Published: May 23, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, civil rights, disability discrimination, medical marijuana
Federal disability discrimination law does not protect medical marijuana users who claimed their civil rights were violated by local municipalities that interfered with the lawful distribution of the drug, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Walgreens not liable for disability discrimination
Published: May 14, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, disability discrimination
Walgreens didn’t violate federal disability discrimination law when it fired a store manager whose knee injury prevented her from working extended hours and helping subordinates stock shelves, the 1st Circuit has ruled in affirming summary judgment.
Employee can’t get ‘convenient’ commute under ADA
Published: May 14, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, disability discrimination
An employee who suffered from narcolepsy was not entitled to a more convenient commute time as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the 6th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
Obese worker’s estate gets $125K under EEOC deal
Published: April 20, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, disability discrimination, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, obesity
A Louisiana nonprofit agency must pay $125,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit brought on behalf of the estate of an employee who claimed she lost her job because she suffered from severe obesity, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has announced.
Hospital needn’t accommodate nurse’s fibromyalgia
Published: April 13, 2012
Tags: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, disability discrimination, fibromyalgia, reasonable accommodation
The Americans with Disabilities Act did not require a hospital to allow additional unplanned absences as an accommodation for a nurse’s fibromyalgia, the 9th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
New ADA accessibility standards take effect
Published: March 23, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, Department of Justice, DOJ, pool accessibility, swimming pools
The Justice Department’s new rules updating standards for accessible design under the Americans with Disabilities Act have gone into effect – with the exception of a controversial requirement for the modification of existing public swimming pools.
Deaf criminal suspect protected under ADA
Published: March 15, 2012
Tags: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, civil rights, disability discrimination
Police had an obligation under federal disability discrimination law to reasonably accommodate a deaf man suspected of domestic violence, the 4th Circuit has ruled.
Medical school isn’t liable for disability discrimination
Published: March 1, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, disability discrimination, Rehabilitation Act
A state university did not violate federal disability discrimination law when it dismissed a medical student who exhibited unprofessional behavior as a result of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the 4th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
ADA doesn’t protect man who can’t work overtime
Published: February 14, 2012
Tags: ADA, AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, disability discrimination
The Americans with Disabilities Act did not require an employer to accommodate an employee whose leukemia-related fatigue prevented him from working more than eight hours a day, the 4th Circuit has ruled in affirming a summary judgment.
School must accommodate parent’s latex allergy
Published: February 3, 2012
Tags: AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, civil rights, disability discrimination, handicap
A parent with a latex allergy was “handicapped” under a local civil rights law and, therefore, entitled to a reasonable accommodation by her child’s school, Maryland’s highest court has ruled.
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