Judge's ruling puts ADA compliance in the spotlight – find out what HR teams need to know now
A federal judge let a former Amtrak clerk’s ADA lawsuit proceed, spotlighting key accommodation and procedural issues for HR teams nationwide.
On November 4, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied Amtrak’s motion to dismiss a complaint brought by Anjinette Hudson, who alleged disability discrimination after the company refused to reinstate her as a clerk following a serious car accident. Hudson, who had worked at Amtrak for nearly a decade, applied for a conductor position in 2022 – a job with greater physical demands and better pay. While training for the conductor role, she was involved in a car accident that left her with permanent injuries. According to her complaint, she could no longer perform the conductor’s duties but believed she could still handle her previous clerk responsibilities.
Hudson requested to return to her clerk role, but Amtrak refused. She claimed this refusal, along with the company’s failure to engage in an interactive process to explore accommodations, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Amtrak responded by moving to dismiss the case, arguing that Hudson’s complaint should be thrown out because she did not include allegations about exhausting administrative remedies. Typically, before bringing an ADA claim to court, an employee must first file a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
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