A viral 2021 arrest involving a deaf driver and her children ends with a $1.2 million settlement ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nebraska-based Werner Enterprises must pay $335,682 in a disability discrimination case involving a deaf truck driver. A jury verdict had earlier awarded $36 million in punitive damages and $75,000 in ...

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 ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A Polk County resident and member of the deaf community recently passed his Commercial Driver’s License certification thanks to the help from the community, family, and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since he was very young, Richard Boehrer has been fascinated with trucks. As a small child, he played with toy trucks and dreamed of the day when he would be behind the wheel of an actual big rig.

Every September 20th to 26th, the world observes the International Week of the Deaf, commemorating the rights, struggles, and achievements of individuals living with hearing impairments. In Nigeria ...