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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Trucking Dispatcher Argues Disability Bias in Remote Work Denial - Bloomberg Law

A trucking dispatch manager’s disability bias claim received a hearing Friday from the federal appeals court in Atlanta in a case that implicates legal questions about flexible work and reasonable workplace accommodations.

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit questioned how the Americans With Disabilities Act applies to the plaintiff, Cierra Geter, as she tries to revive her case against Schneider National Carriers.

The trucking company fired her in 2019 instead of granting temporarily reduced hours and partially remote work to accommodate her mental health conditions.

A federal district court rejected Geter’s ADA claims in a March 2022, ...

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