5th Circuit Vacates Ruling For Hospital Network On Disability Accommodation Claim

Mealey's (March 21, 2023, 1:38 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission may proceed with its claim that a hospital network’s practice of always filling a post with the most qualified applicant without making exceptions for disabled employees seeking reassignment as the trial court must consider the claim by applying the second step of the two-step framework in US Airways, Inc. v. Barnett, a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled....