Mealey's (October 19, 2020, 2:02 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In barring an emotional distress award in a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) discrimination case, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals created conflicts with precedent from other circuits, the Department of Justice’s position and at least four U.S. Supreme Court decisions, a deaf woman argues in an Oct. 14 reply in support of her petition for certiorari review (Jane Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller PLLC, et al., No. 20-219, U.S. Sup.)....