Emotional Distress Damages Available In ACA Discrimination Case, U.S. Says

Mealey's (May 26, 2021, 1:25 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and related antidiscrimination statutes permit an award of damages for emotional distress under breach of contract theories, and the Fifth Circuit erred in holding otherwise, the United States tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a May 25 amicus curiae brief urging it to grant a petition for a writ of certiorari....