Category: Disability Law

This Week in Transgenderism

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2lPESwj5-k&t=24s Rowan Feldhaus  Blatt v. Cabela’s (the Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit); see also here. Blatt v. Cabela’s Opinion  

Blatt v. Cabela's (USA)

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In a shocking development, the U.S. Department of Justice has stated in a filing in an employment discrimination case that…

Cortes v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. (USA)

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Felipe Gonzalez Cortes lost his appeal for disability benefits and supplemental social security income pursuant to the Social Security Act, which…

Nowacki v. Colvin (USA)

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Thomas L. Nowacki was denied supplemental security income by the Social Security Administration. An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) found Plaintiff had multiple severe…

Sabrina Wilson v. Phoenix House (USA)

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A transgender woman who alleged discrimination at a residential drug rehabilitation may proceed with her suit, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice…

Crowe v. Colvin (USA)

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Henry Crowe, who apparently also goes by Vivian Leigh Crowe, lost his claim for Supplemental Security Income. Crowe v. Colvin.

Wimbley v. Colvin (USA)

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Terrence Wimbley, a transgender woman, applied for social security and supplemental security income benefits that were denied. On appeal, WImbley argued,…

O’Hartigan v. VavRosky MacColl Olson Doherty & Miller PC (USA)

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Margaret O’Hartigan unsucessfully sued her former employer for disability discrimination based on her transsexualism. O’Hartigan v. VavRosky MacColl Olson Doherty…

French v. Commissioner of Social Security (USA)

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 ESPER FRENCH, Plaintiff, v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.    Civil Action No. 4:12-cv-12835   UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR…

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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services opened a reconsideration of the National Coverage Determination on Surgical Treatment for…