Owners of commercial facilities and developers of multifamily housing should take note of an alarming trend:  Some courts are not allowing owners and developers to sue their architects and consultants for designing facilities that do not comply Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Housing Act (FHA) accessibility requirements.   

In Kroll v. White Lake Ambulance Authority, the court addressed whether the White Lake Ambulance Authority's ("WLAA") decision to require one of its emergency medical technicians to undergo psychological counseling as a condition of her continued employment violated the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). In an opinion dated May 22, 2013, the Honorable Gordon J.

When it came to the decision over how United Airlines handles accommodating its employees who become unable to do their current jobs, it seems the 7th Circuit got it right. At least, that’s what the record will show, because this week the Supreme Court refused to hear the case.

Indianapolis officials have paid $85,000 to settle a former city employee’s claim that her bosses discriminated against her because of her severe food allergy to paprika.

The three-year-old dispute centered on whether Emily S. Kysel, then an analyst at the Department of Code Enforcement, could bring her paprika-sniffing service dog Penny to work.

Her bosses initially allowed her to bring the dog, Kysel has said, but they withdrew permission after an employee who was allergic to the dog suffered a reaction on the first day.

Fighting to end a different kind of pain at the pump, one local disabled man is taking a major company to court hoping to pave the way for change.  The Americans with Disabilities Act has regulations in place to help disabled drivers at gas stations but, despite the law, many say it's an uphill battle.

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