Justices Mull Retired Worker’s Post-Employment ADA Rights (1)

The US Supreme Court appeared divided over allowing a retired Florida firefighter to sue her former employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act for denying her a post-employment health insurance subsidy.

The justices weighed at oral arguments Monday whether to revive Karyn Stanley’s case, after the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found she lacked standing to sue the City of Sanford because the ADA only applies to qualified disabled workers who currently hold or seek a job.

The dispute gives the high court an opportunity to resolve a conflict among six circuit courts on whether the ADA ...