11th Circuit Rejects ADA Claim For Possible Future Ebola Exposure

Mealey's (September 18, 2019, 4:01 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — An massage center franchisee didn’t violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it fired an employee for refusing to cancel her trip to a country where she may be exposed to Ebola, an 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 12 in a case the panel said involved issues of first impression “as to the meaning of ‘regarded as having such an impairment’” in the ADA (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al. v. STME, LLC, Nos. 18-11121 and 18-12277, 11th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 27499)....