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26Jul

Obesity Not An ADA Disability Without Underlying Physiological Condition

On June 12, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held in Richardson v. Chicago Transit Authority that extreme obesity only qualifies as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) if it was caused by an underlying physiological...
By: Laner Muchin, Ltd.
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/obesity-not-an-ada-disability-without-68086/

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