Texas Railway Conductor Wants 5th Circuit Rehearing After Disability Claim Denial

( June 16, 2025, 1:31 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Texas railway conductor says in a petition for rehearing that a split Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel strayed from “settled law” and left he and his colleagues “powerless to contest workplace discrimination” when it affirmed a federal judge’s dismissal of claims that his employer violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)by using “a discriminatory test” to deny recertification after he failed vision tests....