May 19, 2023
Union Pacific Railroad can forbid a military veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder from bringing his dog with him while he works on trains, an Eighth Circuit panel ruled Friday, upholding the district court's ruling in an engineer's disability bias suit.
March 30, 2022
An Arkansas federal judge on Wednesday overturned a $250,000 jury win for a Union Pacific Railroad worker who said the company unlawfully refused to let his service dog accompany him on the job, saying the jury took too broad a view of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
July 19, 2021
An Arkansas federal jury has awarded $250,000 to a Union Pacific Railroad Co. engineer, finding the railroad ran afoul of the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing his requests for a service dog to help manage his post-traumatic stress disorder.