A judge overstepped his bounds when he determined that a woman has no case under the Americans with Disabilities Act against her former employer, a federal appeals court has ruled.
The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday did not rule on the merits of Debra Kauffman’s claim that a nursing home violated the ADA when it refused to accommodate her after surgery left her unable to push wheelchairs.
But in tossing out Kauffman’s lawsuit, the court found, U.S. District Judge Michael P. McCuskey of the …