‘Regarded As’ ADA Claim Based On COVID Vaccination Status Stayed Pending Mediation

( February 17, 2026, 11:15 AM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — In a former employee’s lawsuit brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claiming that her employer failed to accommodate what it perceived as the medical disability of being immunocompromised after she refused to become vaccinated for COVID-19, a Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge ordered the case stayed pending the completion of mediation....