High Court Won’t Hear UPS Driver’s ADA Appeal Concerning Essential Job Functions

(November 7, 2023, 1:41 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 6 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari by a United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) delivery driver who claimed that the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals improperly upheld the denial of his request for a smaller vehicle while he was injured and sought a ruling on “[w]hether an employer’s selection of the equipment used to perform a job precludes a court from considering whether modifications of such equipment would still allow a union employee to perform the essential functions of his job under the ADA [Americans with Disabilities Act].”...