D.C. Transit Safety Officer Too Late with Disability Bias Suit

Public workers in Washington, D.C., attempting to sue for disability bias under the federal Rehabilitation Act must do so within one year and a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority employee was too late with her claims, a federal judge ruled.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit hasn’t yet decided how long public employees like former WMATA public safety officer Sharon Cohen have to sue under the Rehabilitation Act, Judge Timothy J. Kelly said.

But “recent decisions” by other judges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia have been “virtually uniform” in ruling ...