June 07, 2023
The First Circuit shot down a Puerto Rico hospital employee's bid to revive a suit claiming she was unlawfully sidelined after Hurricane Maria for requesting to work in a nonhumid area because of a pulmonary condition, finding Wednesday she didn't show that unpaid leave was unreasonable given the circumstances.
March 06, 2023
The First Circuit seemed skeptical Monday of reviving a disability discrimination suit that claimed a hospital unlawfully sidelined a worker in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Maria after she requested a nonhumid work location that wouldn't exacerbate her pulmonary condition.
March 01, 2023
The Fourth Circuit is set to hear from a former Amtrak conductor looking to revive her race bias suit over allegedly excessive drug tests, and a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission-backed worker who wants another shot at his disability bias suit against a Hewlett-Packard spinoff. Here are five oral argument sessions slated for March that are worth keeping tabs on.