No. 25-180

John Doe v. Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC, et al.

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2025-08-14
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Relisted (3)
Tags: americans-with-disabilities-act federal-preemption healthcare-discrimination public-health-emergency rehabilitation-act state-procedural-law
Latest Conference: 2025-12-05 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a state procedural law that immunizes a healthcare provider from liability during a public health emergency may override a federal substantive claim based on the Americans with Disability Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, effectively denying the corresponding remedy authorized by these federal statutes by forcing plaintiffs to meet a heightened standard to prove federal claims than provided for in the federal statutes.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state procedural law that immunizes a healthcare provider from liability during a public health emergency may override a federal substantive claim based on the Americans with Disability Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, effectively denying the corresponding remedy authorized by these federal statutes by forcing plaintiffs to meet a heightened standard to prove federal claims than provided for in the federal statutes

Docket Entries

2026-01-09
Judgment and Mandate Issued.
2025-12-08
Petition GRANTED. Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED for further proceedings not inconsistent with the Opinion of the Court. Opinion per curiam. (Detached Opinion)
2025-12-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
2025-11-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2025.
2025-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/14/2025.
2025-10-15
Brief of Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC and Scott Newton, PT in opposition submitted.
2025-10-14
Brief of respondents Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC, et al. in opposition filed.
2025-09-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 15, 2025.
2025-09-05
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 15, 2025 to October 15, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
2025-07-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2025)

Attorneys

Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC and Scott Newton, PT
A. Rebecca WilmoreBlue Williams, Respondent
Kathryn Weatherly MunsonStanley Reuter Alford Owen Munson & Paul, LLC, Respondent
John Doe
Judith Ann DeFraitesAttorney at Law, Petitioner