( December 9, 2025, 11:41 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Dec. 8 per curiam opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for writ of certiorari of a man who claims that physical therapy providers who refused to treat his severe back pain because of his HIV status discriminated against him in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (RA) and reversed the judgment of a Louisiana state appeals court that found that physical therapy providers were immune from liability pursuant to COVID-19 pandemic health care declarations and the Louisiana Health Emergency Powers Act (LHEPA)....