Associated Press
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court narrowed the reach of a landmark disability rights law Tuesday, ruling that an assembly line worker with carpal tunnel syndrome was not entitled to special treatment on the job.
A unanimous court ruled that Ella Williams’ partial disability did not obligate her employer, car manufacturer Toyota, to tailor a job to suit her wrist, arm and shoulder problems.
The 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act guarantees equal treatment on the job and elsewhere for people whose disabilities “substantially limit” their ability to perform what the law calls “major life activities,” such as caring for oneself.
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