11th Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment For Health System In Long COVID ADA Suit

( November 6, 2026, 12:43 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment for a health system in a suit filed by its former physician, alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and related Florida law, retaliation and workers’ compensation interference related to the health system’s purported failure to grant her accommodations for long COVID, finding in part that testimony and evidence established that she was not a qualified individual under the ADA when the health system terminated her employment....