Today’s blog entry come from a case that I found through Law 360. It is a decision by Judge John Kness of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division. The case is Magee v. McDonald’s USA, here, decided on October 5, 2021. The Law 360 article says we
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Title III Standing Plus Insurance Coverage for Failure to Accommodate Claims
Today’s blog entry is a twofer. In the first part of the blog entry, we are going to update a case that we previously blogged on here. In the second part of the blog entry, we are going to explore the question of whether general commercial liability insurance policies cover failure to accommodate claims…
Just Because §1981 Causation is But For Causation, that Does NOT mean ADA causation is But For
This week’s blog entry is an update on a previous blog entry and a discussion of the recent Supreme Court decision in Comcast, which involves the causation standard for §1981. Of course, what we are interested in is whether Comcast necessarily means the Supreme Court will decide but for causation is the standard for ADA…
Indian Tribe Sovereign Immunity and the ADA
Today’s blog entry takes on the question of what happens if a person with a disability decides they want to have a fun time at an Indian owned casino. However, the Indian owned casino does not accommodate their disability. Can the person with the disability go after the Indian owned casino?
The case of…
Is Causation Under Title I But For Causation? Ninth Circuit Says Yes; I Say No
Before starting on today’s blog entry, I do want to wish a speedy recovery to Justice Ginsburg. Regardless of your political views or your jurisprudential views, you can’t argue that Justice Ginsburg is not one of the legal titans of the late 20th and early 21st century. Wishing her a speedy recovery.
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Accommodating Nut Allergies
Causation Under ADA and Rehabilitation Act and a Bonus: LGT Goes to Supreme Court
Hope everyone had a happy Easter and, as in my case, a happy start to the Passover holiday. Today’s blog entry come from one of the blogs that is in my blog roll, Wait a Second. The case is Natofsky v. The City of New York decided on April 18, 2019 out of the Second…
Gati and Lewis Appellate Decisions
Baseball season is about to get up and running. Good luck on your team for this year. In my case: the Chicago Cubs are expected to be good; the Chicago White Sox not so good; and the Atlanta Braves, anybody’s guess. Also, hope everyone is having fun if not success with the NCAA tournament. Currently,…
Title III Religious Exemption Affirmative Defense
I promised Jon Hyman of the Ohio Employer’s Law Blog that I would hold down the fort with respect to blogging while he and his family jetted off to Italy for vacation. So, here goes. Today’s case, Reed v. Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital, comes out of the Seventh Circuit, and was decided on February…
Medical Exams, Direct Threat, and Qualified and How All Three Concepts Work Together
I hope everyone had fun with the Super Bowl yesterday. It was the lowest scoring Super Bowl by five points in the history of all Super Bowl’s. It beat the record set by the Miami Dolphins when they beat the Washington Redskins in 1972 to go undefeated. What is particularly mind-boggling is that the rules…