September 26, 2003

Appeals Court Backs Disabilities Lawsuits

By SARA HEBEL

A former nurse at the University of Alabama at Birmingham can sue the public institution under a federal disabilities law known as the Rehabilitation Act, a U.S. appeals court ruled this month, even though the Supreme Court had prevented her from suing the state university under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit said in its decision that public colleges and other state agencies can be held liable for violating the

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