Dismissal Granted In Suit Alleging Facility’s COVID-19 Response Violated ADA, RA

Mealey's (June 3, 2021, 2:59 PM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Residents of an assisted living facility who allege that its response to the COVID-19 pandemic violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act (RA) did not sufficiently plead that they have been discriminated against because of their disabilities and failed “to articulate a nexus between the disabilities and the reasonable accommodations requested,” a New Jersey federal judge ruled May 12, granting the facility’s motion to dismiss the putative class suit....