Nuevos horizontes de la discriminación genética en los Estados Unidos a partir del caso “Chadam v. Palo Alto Unified School District”

Abstract

Resumen: El presente comentario refiere a un caso judicial que se originó en California (Estados Unidos de América): “Chadam v. Palo Alto Unified School District”. Se trata de una batalla legal iniciada por los progenitores de un niño contra un distrito escolar a los fines de lograr la reparación de los daños derivados de una presunta discriminación genética sufrida por su hijo. La novedad jurídica del caso radica en que la Corte de Apelaciones de los Estados Unidos para el Noveno Circuito admitió que las demandas civiles por potenciales casos de discriminación genética puedan fundamentarse en el estatuto normativo federal que protege a las personas con discapacidad, integrado por la Americans with Disabilities Act y la Federal Rehabilitation Act. A la fecha, el camino procesal no ha concluido y aun debe resolverse el fondo del asunto.

Abstract: The present commentary refers to a judicial case that was originated in California (United States of America): “Chadam v. Palo Alto Unified School District”. It is a legal battle that was initiated by the parents of a child against a school district in order to achieve the compensation of damages arising from a supposed genetic discrimination suffered by their son. The legal novelty of the case is that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit admitted that the civil lawsuits for potential cases of genetic discrimination may be based on the federal normative statute (Americans with Disabilities Act and Federal Rehabilitation Act) that protects to disabled persons. Currently, the civil procedure has not finalized and the merits of the case has not been resolved yet.