8th Circuit Upholds Rulings For EEOC, Deaf Applicant In Disability Bias Case

( July 14, 2025, 1:45 PM EDT) -- OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge in Nebraska did not err when he issued a series of rulings in favor of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and a deaf job applicant in a case in which Werner Enterprises Inc. and a subsidiary, Drivers Management LLC, (together, Werner) were found by a jury to have violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for failure to hire and accommodate the applicant, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled....