WASHINGTON – Disability rights advocates breathed a sigh of relief now that the Supreme Court has made it easier for students with disabilities to sue schools for damages. Not only did all the ...

Monday’s argument in A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools is the latest in a long series of Supreme Court cases involving the statutory rights Congress has granted to schoolchildren with disabilities. Two ...

A 27-year-old law student has made history after winning the first case in North Carolina to recognize endometriosis as a disability.

The settlement, over clams Geisinger engaged in policies that denied reasonable accommodations to workers with disabilities, ...

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A federal appeals court has handed a win to Cigna, affirming the dismissal of a class action lawsuit that alleged the insurer’s exclusion of weight loss drug coverage amounted to disability ...

In March, a comprehensive settlement agreement was reached in a lawsuit filed by Disability Rights Pennsylvania (DRP) against the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services over claims of abusive ...

When children with disabilities experience discrimination, new research finds that the consequences may extend to their physical well-being. A study looking at more than 24,000 kids with special ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - A physician is suing the University of Iowa and Board of Regents, claiming disability discrimination and retaliation. In his lawsuit, Dr. Parijat Joy says he ...