An Eastern District of Texas recently addressed the effect of the ADA amendments Act. In Norton v. Assisted Living Concepts, Inc., an employee suffered from cancer. He returned to work and was fired within a month of his return. The cancer was in remission. Under the old Americans with Disabilities Act, he would have to
ADA Restoration Act
ADA Restoration Act will not Open the Floodgates
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Discrimination
The local newspaper comments on the new ADA as if they just joined the debate. The regs will make changes, to be sure, but, the floodgates will not open. The new regs will correct decisions like the 1999 US Supreme Court decision, Sutton v. United Airlines. We need to remember that when Sutton was decided…