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Seventh Circuit: Obesity Alone Is Not Protected Under the ADA

[07/09/19]

Posted on July 9, 2019 in HR Insights for Health Care

Published by: Hall Render

On June 12, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit joined the Second, Sixth and Eighth Circuits in determining that without evidence of an underlying physiological disorder, a plaintiff’s weight does not qualify as a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). In the Seventh Circuit case Richardson v. Chicago... READ MORE

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