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- Work-related cases crowd high court docket.(Brief Article)
- WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court faces an unusually large number of business-related cases as it begins its new term today. In fact, half of the 42 cases that had been accepted for review by the high court by late September dealt with business iss WASHINGTON-The...
- Research articles 2001-10-01
- 4th U.S. Circuit Court finds Federal Express employee not disabled
- Federal Express Corp. did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired a Maryland employee with a back injury - because the employee was not disabled under the ADA, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held.Andre Taylor's injury was not a disability under the ADA because...
- Research articles 2005-11-28
- 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals finds for employer in worker's ADA
- A Bloomington, Minn., company would have had to restructure the way it did business to accommodate a marketing services coordinator who could not work with carbonless paper, a majority of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday, finding that working with carbonless paper was an essential function of...
- Research articles 2001-05-08
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- 11th amendment does not protect State from ADA claim--8th circuit.(Case Law)(Americans with Disabilities Act l)
- Bill M. v. Neb. Dept. Health & Human Services 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals No. 04-3263, May 27, 2005 An appeals court has reversed and remanded an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit with instructions to dismiss...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- ADA DOESN'T REGULATE INSURANCE COVERAGE: COURT.(Americans with Disabilities Act; includes various insurance)(news)
- CHICAGO-The Americans with Disabilities Act does not regulate the content of insurance policies, a federal appeals court has ruled. In a case involving two defendants who have HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week...
- Research articles 1999-06-07
- Ex-employees' bias suits under ADA, FMLA upheld.(Americans with Disabilities Act, Family and Medical Leave Act)(Brief Article)
- ATLANTA-Two federal appellate court decisions show that employers must take care to comply with employment laws even when it comes to former employees. In Johnson vs. Kmart, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ATLANTA-Two federal...
- Research articles 2001-12-17
- 8th circuit overturns district court in 'Regarded As' disabilities suit.(Case Law)(Knutson v. Ag Processing, Jan. 12, 2005 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Nos. 03-3176/3272)(Brief Article)
- Knutson v. Ag Processing, Jan. 12, 2005 8th Circuit Court of Appeals Nos. 03-3176/3272 An appeals court has reversed an Americans with Disabilities Act decision and directed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa to decide in favor of the...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- ADA permits hostile environment suits, but Kansas Sheriff fails to prove point.(Case Law)(Lanman v. Johnson County, Kan. Dec. 30, 2004 10th Circuit Court of Appeals No. 03-3316)(Brief Article)
- Lanman v. Johnson County, Kan. Dec. 30, 2004 10th Circuit Court of Appeals No. 03-3316 The Americans with Disabilities Act allows action to be taken against a hostile work environment, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has determined, siding with earlier rulings...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- NO LTD BENEFITS PARITY UNDER ADA: COURT.
- RICHMOND, Va.-The Americans with Disabilities Act does not require employer-sponsored long-term disability plans to provide the same level of benefits for physical and mental disabilities, according to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. RICHMOND, Va.-The...
- Research articles 1999-07-26
- City sidewalks covered by ADA, appeals court rules. (Handicap Discrimination).(class action against City of Sacramento)(CA)(Brief Article)
- City sidewalks are a "service" within the scope of the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA, and thus are subject to the accessibility regulations promulgated under the law, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled (Barden v. City o City sidewalks are a "service" within...
- Research articles 2002-06-19
- Court Says Theaters Run By Plano, Texas-Based Company Aren't Discriminatory.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Apr. 10--The new Tinseltown movie theaters and their stadium-style seating do not violate the Americans With Disabilities Act, according to a federal appeals court. In a decision released Friday, the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans rejected arguments made by a...
- Research articles 2000-04-12
- This issue of LULR examines. (Slants and Trends).(handicap discrimination)(Brief Article)
- THE ISSUE OF LULR EXAMINES some interesting aspects of handicap discrimination as it is still practiced by some municipalities. First, in a ruling that should be no surprise except that it came from a federal appeals court not known for its liberal bent, the 6th U.S. ...
- Research articles 2002-06-19
- ADA.(U.S. JUDICIAL DECISIONS)(Darnell v. Thermafiber, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit)(Americans with Disabilities Act)
- ADA. A federal appeals court has ruled that an insulation manufacturing plant did not discriminate against a potential employee when it declined to hire him. The applicant suffered from diabetes but had not taken steps to control his illness or care for himself. This lack of...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Is One Attempt to Accommodate an Employee's Disability Enough?
- If an employer makes an attempt to accommodate an employee with a disability and the arrangement fails, has the employer then met its responsibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act? That was the question recently posed before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Read the article to know the...
- White papers 2001-08-07
- Is One Attempt to Accommodate an Employee's Disability Enough?II
- The case study discusses, If an employer makes an attempt to accommodate an employee with a disability and the arrangement fails, has the employer then met its responsibility under the Americans with Disabilities Act? That was the question recently posed before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Read the...
- White papers 2001-08-07
- Judges rule fairgrounds inaccessible, violates law
- DENVER --- An appeals court Tuesday concluded that disabled people are excluded from adequate access to the Kansas State Fair in violation of federal law. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's order requiring the fair to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act....
- Research articles 2003-10-29
- Post-offer medical exam was premature
- Leonel v. American Airlines Inc., 9th Cir., No. 03-15890, March 4, 2005. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA, a post-offer medical examination may not be conducted until a contingent offer of employment has been made and all nonmedical prerequisites for employment have been fulfilled, the 9th U.S. Circuit...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Can ADA Trump Your Seniority Policy?
- Does providing "reasonable accommodation" under the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA for a disabled employee includes setting aside a long-standing and nondiscriminatory company seniority policy? That was the ultimate question before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit this month, even after it decided the employee was not...
- White papers 2001-01-30
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