Judge Severs Equal Housing Group’s Discrimination Claims Against Nursing Homes

Mealey's (March 29, 2019, 11:14 AM EDT) -- TUCSON, Ariz. — A federal judge in Arizona on March 26 granted motions to sever filed by the owners of 17 nursing homes accused of violating the Fair Housing Act (FHA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other statutes by failing to provide American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters to deaf patients, finding that a nonprofit equal housing group’s claims do not arise out of the same series of transactions (Southwest Fair Housing Council v. WG Chandler Villas SH LLC, et al., No. CV-18-00210-TUC-RM, D. Ariz., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 51738)....