U.S. High Court Won’t Review Service Dog Accommodation Denial

(February 20, 2024, 11:56 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 20 denied a petition by a conductor seeking a ruling on reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) after the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a ruling for the man’s employer in a case over the denial of the conductor’s request to bring a service dog aboard moving freight trains as an accommodation to help his post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and migraines as a result of prior military service....