5th Circuit Revives Army Vet’s Failure-To-Accommodate Claim For Service Dog Delay

( May 21, 2025, 9:01 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — A disabled U.S. Army veteran who alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (RA) and Texas disability laws for getting the runaround from her school district employer while trying to obtain approval for a service dog at work pleaded “sufficient facts that could allow a factfinder to conclude that the district unjustifiably delayed, and thus, failed to accommodate, her accommodation,” a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found in reversing and remanding a failure-to-accommodate claim....