ADA

Jul 29, 2026

Raleigh ed-tech company pays six figures to resolve EEOC disability discrimination charge

A Raleigh-based education technology company has agreed to pay $150,000 in compensatory damages and back pay to resolve a disability discrimination investigation by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according […]

Oct 16, 2025

4th Circuit revives SSA disability bias suit

4th Circuit says jury must decide if SSA employee’s reassignment without supervisory duties was retaliatory or discriminatory.

Jul 25, 2025

4th Circuit: Employee’s vaccine refusal not ADA-protected

The 4th Circuit upheld Johns Hopkins Lab’s firing of an employee who refused a COVID-19 vaccine and blocked medical record access for ADA accommodation.

Oct 10, 2024

Lawsuits boost enforcement of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

In a significant push to enforce the federal Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has recently taken legal action against multiple employers for alleged violations of […]

Sep 10, 2024

US attorneys, health agency offer training on aspect of ADA

Staffers with the three U.S. attorneys’ offices in North Carolina and a health nonprofit agency recently offered a seminar on the Americans with Disabilities Act‘s protections for people suffering opioid […]

Dec 8, 2020

Hospital that wouldn’t print bills in Braille settles ADA suit for $150K

A North Carolina hospital will pay $150,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a blind man who alleged that the hospital violated the American with Disabilities Act by refusing […]

Mar 23, 2017

Labor & Employment – Civil Rights – ADA – Reasonable Accommodations – Accommodation Process

Rittelmeyer v. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-086-17, 41 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) Appealed from Wake County Superior Court (Paul Gessner, J.) N.C. App. Holding: […]

Jan 11, 2017

Civil Rights – Three-Year Md. Limit Applies to Title II ADA Claim

Semenova v. Maryland Transit Administration (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-007-17, 17 pp.) (Thacker, J.) No. 15-2125, Jan. 10, 2017; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Motz, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A Maryland bus […]

Mar 9, 2016

Labor & Employment – ADA Instructions Blamed for Small Jury Award

Gentry v. East West Partners Club Mgmt. Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-044-16, 29 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 14-2382, March 4, 2016; USDC at Asheville, N.C. (Cogburn, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: […]

Jun 24, 2015

Labor & Employment — Blind County Worker Seeks Software Access

Reyazuddin v. Montgomery County, Md. (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0634, 35 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 14-1299, June 15, 2015; USDC at Greenbelt, Md. (Chasanow, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: A district court […]

Mar 19, 2015

Labor & Employment — Court Employee Can Try ADA Claim

Jacobs v. N.C. Administrative Office of the Courts (Lawyers Weekly No. 15-01-0248, 46 pp.) (Floyd, J.) No. 13-2212, March 12, 2015; USDC at Wilmington, N.C. (Boyle, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: […]

Sep 18, 2012

Labor & Employment – ADA – Post-Accident Performance – NASCAR Engine Sourcing

George v. Roush & Yates Racing Engines, LLC Plaintiff alleges that the defendant-employer used plaintiff’s failure to attend a meeting as a pretext for firing plaintiff and that the real reason for his firing was the disabilities he suffered after an auto accident. Plaintiff’s allegations state a claim for violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.