Split 5th Circuit Reinstates USPS Worker’s Suit Over Work-From-Home Denial

(July 12, 2023, 8:13 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) worker who sued for disability discrimination after her request to work from home in the mornings due to peripheral neuropathy was denied may proceed with her complaint, a divided Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled, finding “that genuine fact disputes” precluded a trial court’s grant of summary judgment to the USPS....