What birds fly in?
A couple of weeks ago or so, a dog brought on a plane as an emotional support animal mauled a fellow passenger trying to get to his seat. Then, a New York artist tried to bring a peacock on the plane as her emotional
When it comes to blog entries, sometimes, I have a pipeline of cases to discuss. Sometimes, I have to search for a case to discuss. Sometimes, a news item comes up bearing discussing. As of now, cases in my pipeline include: standing under title III of the ADA; a tour de force on why Internet
Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend, assuming you had a chance to have Martin Luther King Day off. Today’s case, United States v. Asare is a decision that came down on December 20, 2017, from the Southern District of New York. The lesson here is never forget about the interactive process and performing an
The blog entry for this week is a follow-up on the blog entry from last week. Last week, I discussed job relatedness and business necessity. This week we discuss medical related inquiries and disability related inquiries in two different cases. One from the Northern District of Texas and the other from the Fourth Circuit.
Hope everybody had a great holiday season and happy new year to all! Back to the grind:-)
The blog entry for the week explores two different cases dealing with disability related inquiries and medical exams of employees. The cases are from the Seventh Circuit and from the District Court of the District of Columbia.
It is time for the top 10 plus three of 2017. For the most part, the greatest hits, but not of all of their order of popularity stayed the same from 2016 to 2017, except for one entry (negligence per se dropped out of the top 10 and was replaced by the history of ADA
A few weeks back, I attended a chat seminar put on by the Society for Human Resources Management on reasonable accommodations and the ADA. What happens in that kind of seminar is that people write in their questions online and then knowledge advisors respond. The knowledge advisors are very
Today’s case is from the Seventh Circuit, Frakes v. Peoria School District No. 150. This case is the first federal case I am aware of dealing with how do you go about proving a prima facie case for interference under the ADA. The ADA at 42 U.S.C. §12203 contains both retaliation and interference claims. The
For those who are Jewish, I hope you had a nice high holiday season and best wishes on the coming new year.
Sometimes when you start a blog entry, you get all the way through it and realize that what you thought you were going to say turns out to be all crazy. So, you
Today’s case is Severson v. Heartland Woodcraft, Inc., a case from the Seventh Circuit decided September 20, 2017. The blogosphere has lit up with it, and I thought I could add my own spin to it even though several bloggers have done a real nice job talking about it. As is usual, the case