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Washington Weighs in on Obesity Discrimination

By Patricia Anderson Pryor, Jonathan M. Minear & Michael A. Griffin on August 2, 2019
Posted in Disability Accommodation

The state of Washington has weighed in on the debate as to whether obesity is a disability under disability discrimination laws. In Taylor v. Burlington Northern Railroad Holdings Inc., a case that wound its way through the courts for nine years, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit certified this question…

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