Bias barred in company health plans; all diseases, including AIDS, must be treated alike under EEOC's new rules
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The EEOC has issued rules implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) which state that employee medical insurance plans are to treat all medical conditions alike. That is, people cannot be hired or dismissed based on a preexisting condition's impact on that plan. It is difficult to predict the rules' impact, since some observers say litigation against companies over their medical insurance plans' conditions for coverage is uncommon. Also, the rules do not apply to insurance underwriters, whom many blame for developing the 'preexisting condition' standard for policy exclusions.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1993
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Repetitive stress suits consolidated; plaintiffs claim poorly designed computer keyboards caused hand, arm injuries
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US District Judge Jack Weinstein consolidated 44 computer-injury suits against such firms as IBM and Apple Computer. Steven J Phillips, lead plaintiffs' lawyer, stated that, as of Jul 1992, 120 cases had been filed. The injury alleged is repetitive stress disorder, whose symptoms range from numbness and tingling of the hands and arms to substantial disability. Plaintiffs are alleging defective keyboard design, and state that, since workers' compensation has been honoring these claims for 10 to 15 years, computer makers should have given warnings if they were unable to change their designs.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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FBI settles race bias claim; Bureau praised for disclosing data, avoiding litigation
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The FBI has settled with 300 black special agents who had filed race discrimination suits. FBI Director William Sessions was praised for releasing the records necessary to investigate the claims and acquiescing to a tolling of the statute of limitations while negotiations were going on. The bureau did not acknowledge being guilty of racial discrimination but consultants will be engaged to evaluate FBI personnel policies.
Publication Name: ABA Journal
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0747-0088
Year: 1992
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