Legal Opinion
Rederford v. US Airways, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 14, 2009No. 09-1005PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
In 2008, Janelle Rederford brought suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) for events occurring in 2002 in federal district court against U.S. Airways, Inc. The court dismissed the suit on the grounds that the ADA claims had been disallowed and also had been discharged as “claims” under the Bankruptcy Code in the airline’s 2003 bankruptcy. The federal court also rejected Rederford’s arguments that she was nonetheless entitled to relief based on the equitable doctrines of judicial estoppel and unclean hands. Rederford v. U.S. Airways, Inc., 586 F.Supp.2d 47,…
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