WASHINGTON − For years, Gina and Aaron Tharpe argued that a local school district hadn't done enough to accommodate their daughter, who has a rare form of epilepsy and severe cognitive impairment. An ...
WASHINGTON – Disability rights advocates breathed a sigh of relief now that the Supreme Court has made it easier for students with disabilities to sue schools for damages. Not only did all the ...
The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday that public school students with disabilities may pursue discrimination lawsuits under the same standard of proof that applies when people sue other ...
TRENTON – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights (DCR) announced that DCR has issued Findings of Probable Cause in eight additional cases alleging management companies ...
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Complaints of disability discrimination in the nation’s schools are at their highest level in six years, the U.S. Department of Education says. A newly released annual report shows that the agency’s ...
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As a child, Alon Sugarman was inspired to become a lawyer when, following an amputation due to childhood cancer, his school failed to make accommodations for his disability. Now a lawyer himself, the ...
BALTIMORE – Verizon Maryland, LLC, will pay $115,000 and furnish significant remedial relief to settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity ...