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Blind justice.(Scan)(Brief Article)
If U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson's recent ruling is upheld, you should give a wide berth to UPS delivery trucks in the future. Demonstrating that formal education and common sense don't always go hand in hand, Henderson ruled that UPS's policy requiring its drivers to pass a hearing test was un-Constitutional. The reason?
Because it violates the Americans With Disabilities Act, of course. Studies that show the deaf to be more accident-prone are inconclusive, insisted Henderson, and at least some deaf drivers can fully compensate by being more alert to visual cues and using mirrors. This case is an outgrowth of a class-action suit filed in 1999 alleging that UPS hearing tests were discriminatory. UPS paid $10 million to settle accusations that it denied deaf workers interpreters, vibrating pagers, text-message cell phones, and other aids. ...
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