October 21, 2021
Pittsburgh-based grocery chain Giant Eagle has told a federal court that customers were wrong to bring a new lawsuit asserting Rehabilitation Act claims over the company's COVID-19 mask policy, saying they should seek to amend their nearly identical case alleging violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
September 07, 2021
A court-appointed special master overseeing discovery disputes in a challenge to grocerĀ Giant Eagle'sĀ COVID-19 mask mandate has recommended that several shoppers be compelled to turn over private Facebook messages about the case and pay part of the chain's legal costs as a sanction.
October 23, 2020
A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday refused to block a grocery store's mandatory mask policy, holding a shopper claiming he can't wear a mask because of his anxiety hasn't shown that he can't just wear a face shield or order grocery delivery instead.
July 29, 2020
Pittsburgh-based Giant Eagle grocers can't use the public health threat of the COVID-19 pandemic to turn away customers with disabilities that render them unable to wear masks, because the Americans with Disabilities Act only provides exemptions for individuals who pose a threat, a spurned customer told a federal court Tuesday.
July 16, 2020
Pittsburgh-based grocer Giant Eagle defended its mandatory mask policy against a customer's demand for an injunction in federal court, arguing that the Americans with Disabilities Act did not require the company to put shoppers and staff at risk of contracting COVID-19 if customers who can't or won't wear masks were merely inconvenienced.
July 02, 2020
Opponents of Pittsburgh-based grocer Giant Eagle's mandatory mask policy for Pennsylvania shoppers have asked a federal court for an injunction compelling the grocer to waive the policy for people with disabilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 12, 2020
A Pennsylvania federal court shouldn't consolidate more than two dozen lawsuits challenging grocery chain Giant Eagle's COVID-19 mask policy, because the cases all involve different stores, staff and police agencies, one of the suing customers said Friday.