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Absent Health Impairment, Obesity Is Not an ADA Disability

The ADA Amendments Act of 2008 substantially expanded the definition of protected disabled persons under federal anti-discrimination laws. In most circumstances, employers do not spend much time arguing that the plaintiff is outside the ADA’s...
By: Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/absent-health-impairment-obesity-is-not-57423/

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