Category Archives: Disability Law

Wendy F. Hensel & Leslie E. Wolf, Playing God: The Legality of Plans Denying Scarce Resources to People with Disabilities in Public Health Emergencies

Posted on June 6, 2011 by zhyman

63 Fla. L. Rev. 719 (2011)| | | | ABSTRACT :: Public health emergencies can arise in a number of different ways. They can follow a natural disaster, such as Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 tsunami, and the recent earthquakes in … Continue reading →

Posted in Disability Law, Discrimination Law, Governments and Legislation, Healthcare Law, Property Law, Uncategorized | Tagged 1918 Spanish Flu, ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, disabilities, emergencies, ethical principles, H1N1, Playing God, preplanning, public health emergencies, Rehabilitation act, Resource allocation, September 11, zombies | Comments Off

Jeannette Cox, Disability Stigma and Intraclass Discrimination

Posted on January 23, 2010 by ppakidis

62 Fla. L. Rev. 429 (2010) | | | | ABSTRACT :: By dramatically enlarging the Americans with Disabilities Act’s (ADA) protected class, the recent amendments to the ADA increase the opportunities for employers to replace one … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights Law, Disability Law, Discrimination Law, Employment Law, Uncategorized | Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, biological severity of disabilities, Civil Rights Law, Cox, Disability, disability-based animus, Employment decisions, intraclass discrimination, negative social responses, no intraclass claims, stigma | Comments Off

Patricia Alten, Gina: A Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Solution in Search of a Problem

Posted on January 23, 2010 by zhyman

61 Fla. L. Rev. 379 (2009) | | | | ABSTRACT :: “Genetic discrimination is unfair to workers and their families. It is unjustified-among other reasons, because it involves little more than medical speculation. A genetic predisposition toward cancer or … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights Law, Constitutional Law, Disability Law, Discrimination Law, Employment Law, Governments and Legislation, Labor & Employment Law, Tort Law, Uncategorized | Tagged 2008, Alten, Genetic Information, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, Gina, modifications, Nondiscrimination Solution | Comments Off

J.C. Van Lierop III, Post-9/11 Army Disability Decisions: Reinforcing Administrative Law Principles in Fitness and Disability Rating Determinations

Posted on January 23, 2010 by zhyman

61 Fla. L. Rev. 639 (2009) | | | | INTRODUCTION :: Counter-Intuitive Trends in an Army at War “[T]o care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan . . . .” … Continue reading →

Posted in Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Disability Law, Employment Law, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law, Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, Administrative Law, Afghanistan, Army Disability, Determinations, Disability Rating, disability retirement benefits, Iraq, Lierop, military physical disability system, September 11 2001, soldier survival rate, wounded-to-killed ratio | Comments Off

Category Archives: Disability Law

Wendy F. Hensel & Leslie E. Wolf, Playing God: The Legality of Plans Denying Scarce Resources to People with Disabilities in Public Health Emergencies

Patricia Alten, Gina: A Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Solution in Search of a Problem

J.C. Van Lierop III, Post-9/11 Army Disability Decisions: Reinforcing Administrative Law Principles in Fitness and Disability Rating Determinations

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