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In Harris v. FedEx Corp. Servs., Inc., No. 23-2003, a Fifth Circuit panel vacated a $365 million punitive damages award in race discrimination and retaliation case, finding that the plaintiff Jennifer Harris (“Harris”) failed...more
Werner Enterprises Must Also Report Its Treatment of Future Deaf Applicants - ST. LOUIS – Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Drivers Management, LLC must pay $335,682 to a deaf truck driver months after an Omaha jury found in...more
Hotel Fired Manager After He Was Hospitalized for Depression, Federal Agency Charges - ST. LOUIS – Operators of an Omaha hotel violated federal law when they fired a general manager after being hospitalized for depression,...more
Company Refused to Allow Service Dog as Reasonable Accommodation, Federal Agency Charges - ST. LOUIS – Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., a national arts-and-crafts retailer, violated federal law when it refused to reasonably...more
On April 28, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., No. 20-219 (Roberts, C.J.) that damages for emotional distress are not available for statutes adopted under the spending clause. Although...more
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that emotional distress damages are not recoverable in private actions to enforce statutes authorized by the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution....more
In Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., the Supreme Court of the United States held that a plaintiff suing under Title VI (prohibiting race, color, and national origin discrimination), Title IX (prohibiting sex...more
Man Fired for Disability-Related Absences, Federal Agency Charges - CHICAGO – Grief, Inc., an international manufacturing company, and American Flange, its wholly-owned subsidiary operating in the western suburbs of...more
Health System Failed to Reasonably Accommodate Class of Workers with Disabilities, Federal Agency Charges - PHILADELPHIA – Geisinger Health, Geisinger Health System Foundation doing business as Geisinger Health System,...more
Staffing Company Fired Employee with a Disability Instead of Providing Reasonable Accommodations, Federal Agency Charges - WASHINGTON- TrueBlue, Inc., a Tacoma, Washington.-based staffing company with branch offices...more
Preschool Provider Refused to Employ Candidate with Cerebral Palsy, Federal Agency Charges - PHILADELPHIA – The Pai Corporation, doing business as Excentia Human Services and as Excentia and S. June Smith Center...more
International Freight Company Fired Manager Because of His Cancer, Federal Agency Charges - ATLANTA – Pilot Freight Services, Inc., an international freight shipping and logistics company based in Atlanta, unlawfully fired...more
Fabens Pharmacy and 151 Coffee Took Different Approaches to COVID-19, But Both Violated the ADA, EEOC Charged - DALLAS – The EEOC filed two lawsuits in Texas courts today, alleging that a pharmacy in Fabens and a...more
Trucking Company Refused to Hire Applicant After Learning He Had Taken Medical Leave at a Previous Job, Federal Agency Charges - DALLAS – A refrigerated transport carrier that services major companies in need of...more
A Los Angeles jury has ordered an apartment building owner and property management company to pay $7.6 million to two former live-in apartment managers who claimed to have been wrongfully terminated and discriminated against...more
Work Placement Agency Discriminated Against Deaf Employees, Federal Agency Charges - HONOLULU, Hawaii – Opportunities and Resources, Inc. and ORI Anuenue Hale, Inc. (ORI), a work placement agency for individuals with...more
In Burnett v. Ocean Properties, Ltd., et al., the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict for the plaintiff in his failure to accommodate claim under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Maine Human...more
Hospital Network Refused to Accommodate New Employee’s Pregnancy-Related Disability And Withdrew Her Job Offer Instead, Federal Agency Charges - NEWARK, N.J. – Saint Clare’s Health, a division of Prime Healthcare Services...more
Fast Food Franchisee Rescinded Job Offer and Refused to Accommodate Applicant with Disability, Federal Agency Charges - INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A northern Indiana fast food restaurant violated federal law by rescinding its...more
Distribution Company Refused to Interview Applicant Because She was Deaf, Federal Agency Charges - BUFFALO – McLane Northeast, a distribution company with a facility outside Baldwinsville, N.Y., violated federal law by...more
Federal Agency Charges That Flatbed Transportation Company Refused to Hire Applicant Because of Previous Back Injury - JACKSON, Miss. – Jordan Carriers, Inc., an over-the-road transportation company headquartered in...more
Medical Provider Failed to Provide Reasonable Accommodations to Employees, Federal Agency Charges - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals, doing business as HonorHealth, which provides medical care at a...more
Sandwich Shop Denied Job to Hard-of-Hearing Applicant, Federal Agency Charges - INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A southern Indiana fast-food sandwich shop violated federal law by rejecting a hard-of-hearing applicant because of his...more
Home Health Services Provider Placed Employee on Unpaid Leave After She Requested a Limited Period of Telework, Federal Agency Charged - ATLANTA – Gentiva Health Services, Inc. d/b/a Kindred at Home (“Kindred”), a provider...more
Staffing Firm Denied Disability Accommodation for a Building Superintendent With Cancer History and Reflux Disease, Federal Agency Charges - SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Swift Technical Services, LLC, doing business as Airswift,...more