Judge: Flyer Who Could Not Mask For COVID Was Not Grounded Because Of Disability

( February 27, 2026, 8:24 AM EST) -- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Finding a lack of evidence that airlines barred an airline passenger from flying because of a disability that prevented him from wearing a mask rather than in attempt to comply with the federal transportation mask mandate during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Kentucky federal court granted the airlines’ motion for judgment on the pleadings in the passenger’s lawsuit alleging violations of the Rehabilitation Act and the California Unruh Act....