Must Hire Disabled Though Threat to Self

The Los Angeles Times reported on 5/24/00, first page of Business section C, that the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that employers cannot deny employment to disabled people where the job would pose a safety hazard to the employee. In Mario Echazabal vs. Chevron, referencing the American with Disabilities Act, the Court states: 'Congress concluded that disabled persons should be afforded the opportunity to decide for themselves what risks to undertake'. In passing the ADA lawmakers were 'concious of hte history of paternalistic rules that have often excluded disabled individuals from...