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Friday, October 23, 2026
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Asleep at the wheel

HONOLULU — A bus driver in Oahu lost his disability discrimination claim against a public transit service the he says fired him after he was diagnosed with sleep apnea. The federal court says his claims ignore “a lengthy and troubling history” of preventable accidents , such as falling asleep at the wheel and crashing his bus into a pole.

Read the ruling here.

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