In a 9-0 ruling today, the Supreme Court overturned a Ninth Circuit ruling that a contractor at an oil refinery had to allow an employee with a liver disease decide for himself whether to work in conditions that could aggravate his condition (see WIT for Feb. 26, 2002). The employee in the case was fired after a company physical for a higher paying job led to a diagnosis of chronic, active hepatitis C---leading him to file a discrimination suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Today?s decision continues what was already a six decision streak of cases, in which the current justices ruled against the employee in employment based ADA claims.
See "Court Rules Against Debilitated Employee in Disabilities Case", The Associated Press, The New York Times, June 9, 2002