JD Supra

Fourth Circuit Rules for Employer When Employee Failed to Participate in Interactive Process

In a recent decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals highlighted the requirement that employees requesting an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) must engage in the ...
JD Supra

Recent Appellate Court Ruling Serves As a RoadMap For Summary Judgment On Fact-Specific Disability Discrimination Cases

Seyfarth Synopsis: While motions for summary judgment are usually tricky to obtain in fact-laden employment cases alleging discrimination, failure to accommodate, and failure to engage in the ...
Law

'Interactive Process' in Disability Discrimination Suit Could Make Its Way to First Circuit, Counsel Says

United Transportation Union. "In evaluating an employer’s failure to engage in an interactive process at summary judgment in the Ninth Circuit, the burden 'shifts to the employer to prove the ...
Law

Doyle v. Monroe County Transp. Auth.

Trial court erred in granting summary judgment for employer on disability discrimination claim where failure to send employees to lift heavy object despite excusing plaintiff from heavy lifting could ...
The Hill

Many government workers don’t realize they can use disability law to work from home

Many government employees are unaware that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) allows them to request work-from-home accommodations based on mental health conditions. This knowledge gap, if ...
The National Law Review

Fourth Circuit Rules for Employer When Employee Failed to Participate in Interactive Process

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