UPS Driver Put on Unpaid Leave Faces Uphill Accommodation Battle

A United Parcel Service Inc. driver met a skeptical federal appeals court panel in his Americans with Disabilities Act case, as some judges suggested that UPS need not provide his requested accommodation of a smaller delivery vehicle.

An attorney for driver Jay Hannah faced repeated pushback during oral argument Thursday from a US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit panel. The appeal asks whether a lower court erred in finding that UPS’ offer for Hannah to take unpaid medical leave in 2018 and 2019 was a reasonable accommodation for his back injury. But much of the hearing focused on ...