Disability News
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Wheelchair User Sues Airline For Making Her Crawl Onto A Plane
ThinkProgress
What was supposed to be a commuter flight to San Diego quickly turned into an embarrassing experience for Theresa Purcell that propelled her to the front lines of a crusade against an airline.
Purcell — a rapper...
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Title II Technical Assistance - ADA Update: A Primer for State and Local Governments | PDF
Morbid Obesity is Not a Disability in Kentucky – For Now
The National Law Review
There’s no question that obesity is a national health crisis, with the Centers for Disease Control...
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Jury Finds Parker Drilling Liable in EEOC Disability Discrimination Suit
A federal judge ordered that $245,619 be paid to an Alaskan oil rig worker today in a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced.
The ruling by U.S. District Court...
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Project Civic Access Agreement: Pennington County, South Dakota
Lexology
A Minnesota resident lost his bid to show that state laws and rules under which he lost driving privileges due to several...
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City to pay LGBT cop $140000 to settle lawsuit
Project Q
The City of Atlanta will pay a former LGBT liaison for Atlanta police $140,000 to settle a federal lawsuit in which she claimed she was forced out of the job after complaining about anti-gay remarks aimed at her....
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Assessing Employee Impairments
New York Law Journal
When an employee displays troubling behavior that raises questions of mental health issues, employers frequently confront a balancing act of two legitimate, and often seemingly conflicting, interests. On the one hand, employers certainly wish to be sensitive to the plight of the...