No ADA Relief for Student With Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity

A student with a sensitivity to the electromagnetic fields emitted by the Wi-Fi in his school isn’t entitled to any damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act on his claim the school retaliated against him for complaining, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit said July 17.

The ADA limits retaliation damages to injunctive relief, and the student is now too old to attend the school, the opinion by Judge Kermit V. Lipez said.

The Fay School offers classes from pre-Kindergarten to ninth grade. It uses Wi-Fi extensively on campus.

G. was a student at the school, whose ...