11th Cir. Takes Up Adverse Act’s Role in ADA Accommodations

A federal appeals court in Atlanta will hear oral argument over whether disabled workers suing employers for failing to accommodate their disabilities must also show they were fired, demoted, or suffered another adverse employment action.

Teddy Beasley is attempting to revive his failure-to-accommodate lawsuit against O’Reilly Auto Parts, which a magistrate judge threw out because he didn’t establish that he suffered an adverse employment action. Beasley is deaf and communicates primarily through American Sign Language.

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will appear alongside Beasley’s lawyer during oral argument Thursday to urge the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh ...