9th Circuit: Washington High Court Must Decide If Obesity Is An Impairment

(October 2, 2018, 3:03 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 17 certified a question to the Washington Supreme Court seeking a ruling on whether obesity is considered an “impairment” under the Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) (Casey Taylor, et al. v. Burlington Northern Railroad Holdings Inc., et al., No. 16-35205, 9th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 26346)....