This story appears in the Oct. 24 print edition of Transport Topics. Twenty deaf or hard-of-hearing people are being considered for exemptions from a federal regulation setting minimum hearing ...

UPDATE: July 14, 2025: The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed judgment in favor of the plaintiff job applicant represented by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, according to a ...

Police are a major force on public roads. They influence how drivers behave, and they often evoke strong feelings in those around them. Now, a viral video that came out in 2021 featuring a deaf driver ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lawsuit by a deaf driver denied employment at Wilson Logistics will proceed after a judge's ruling. (Photo: Shutterstock) A suit ...

(NEW YORK) -- A deaf man who says a truck driving company told him that they would not hire him because he couldn't hear won over $36 million in damages by a jury a month ago. Victor Robinson, who is ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - A federal jury has rendered a $36 million judgment for a man who was deaf and was turned down for a truck-driving job by Omaha-based Werner Enterprises, despite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Werner lost on appeal a case involving its failure to hire a deaf driver. (Photo: Jim Allen\FreightWaves) Werner Enterprises has ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Police documents describe the road rage shooting and death of a deaf Indianapolis man last week. The driver, identified as 35-year-old Ryan Hawkins went off the interstate and ...

United Parcel Service lost its second major disability-bias ruling in a year yesterday when a federal appeals court said the shipper cannot bar the deaf from driving its smaller trucks unless the ...

Werner Enterprises Must Also Report Its Treatment of Future Deaf Applicants ST. LOUIS – Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Drivers Management, LLC must pay $335,682 to a deaf truck driver months after an ...

A January traffic stop in San Tan Valley ended with a 79-year-old deaf Lyft driver slammed onto the pavement, bleeding from ...