Court Rules Against Debilitated Employee in Disabilities Case
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 The Associated Press, The New York Times, June 9, 2002