LabCorp Is Unable to Get Class Action by Blind Patients Tossed

Blind patients have standing to sue Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings under California and federal disability discrimination laws for denying them access to the company’s check-in kiosks, the Ninth Circuit said.

The district court certified two classes, one under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, and a nationwide class under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the Affordable Care Act.

LabCorp appealed the certifications, arguing that the plaintiffs didn’t have standing under the Unruh Act, because named representative Julian Vargas didn’t experience a cognizable injury.

But the Thursday opinion by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth ...