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Supreme Court Finds Retired Firefighter Cannot Sue for Disability Discrimination

In a tangled decision, the justices ruled against a disabled firefighter who sued her former employer for refusing her health benefits after she had retired.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

One section of the Americans With Disabilities Act specifies that it is illegal to discriminate in compensation because of a disability. The justices wrestled with whether the section included retirees.
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