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PHILADELPHIA – A panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed the ruling of a lower federal court, which granted summary judgment to municipal and medical defendants against a discrimination lawsuit filed by an inmate in a Philadelphia prison.
On March 30, Third Circuit judges Thomas M. Hardiman, Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. and Stephanos Bibas
upheld the summary judgment ruling in favor of the City of Philadelphia, Corizon Health, Inc. and MHM Services, Inc., and against plaintiff Leslie Boyd.
Boyd served a bit more than three months in a Philadelphia prison, where he suffered from back pain, mobility problems and bipolar disorder. As a result, he repeatedly fell and complained of sickness and pains. A few months into his time there, he fell again, lapsed into a coma, suffered spinal damage and grew more ill.
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PHILADELPHIA – A diverted federal discrimination case brought by two retired National Football League players against the organization – claiming that it manipulated cognitive function data to make it less likely Black players would receive proceeds from the 2016 concussion settlement – will now be heard before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Kevin Henry and Najeh Davenport first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Aug. 20 versus the NFL, of New York, N.Y.
Henry, who played eight years for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Davenport, who played seven years for the Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Steelers and Indianapolis Colts claimed that the NFL violated federal law in handling claims under the concussion settlement, by using different sets of cognitive function data for Black and White players.
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PHILADELPHIA – A trio of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit agreed with a lower federal court that legal entities representing the City of Philadelphia did not commit fraud and misrepresentation, in connection with a settlement reached in a wrongful arrest case.
On March 1, Third Circuit judges Kent A. Jordan, Paul B. Matey and Richard L. Nygaard
ruled per curiam to uphold a decision from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in favor of the City of Philadelphia, attorney Amanda Shoffel, Judge Jacqueline Allen and an unnamed motions clerk, and against plaintiff Daryl Cook.
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PHILADELPHIA – A panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a trial court decision which found that Carnegie Mellon University did not discriminate against a master’s degree student afflicted with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, when he failed out of the school’s computer science program.
On March 5, Third Circuit judges L. Felipe Restrepo, Stephanos Bibas and David J. Porter ruled to uphold a decision from the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in favor of Carnegie Mellon and against plaintiff Sanchit Jain.
Jain, who has ADHD, was a master’s student in the computer science program at Carnegie Mellon. When he enrolled in 2017, he sought disability accommodations, like flexible due dates for his homework, and the school approved them all.
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PITTSBURGH – A panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has reinstated a lawsuit against the City of Pittsburgh, brought by a man who claimed he was denied a position with the city’s police department because he suffered from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
A March 3
ruling from Third Circuit judges L. Felipe Restrepo, Stephanos Bibas and David J. Porter re-opened a matter from plaintiff Christopher Gibbs against the City of Pittsburgh.
Gibbs had applied to be a Pittsburgh policeman, where he aced the written test and received a conditional job offer. Subsequent to the offer, he had to “be personally examined by a Pennsylvania licensed psychologist and found to be psychologically capable of exercising appropriate judgment or restraint in performing the duties of a police officer.”