Judge: Discrimination Suit Against Wal-Mart, Eye Care Provider May Proceed

Mealey's (March 8, 2019, 2:05 PM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A deaf man adequately alleges that Wal-Mart and its vision center partner violated the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and various anti-discrimination laws by promising but failing to provide an adequate sign language interpreter, a federal judge in Oregon held March 6 in adopting a magistrate judge’s findings (Larry R. Spiva Jr. v. Walmart, et al., No. 18-1024, D. Ore.)....