Judge Finds Jurisdiction Over Deaf Man’s ACA Discrimination Claims Lacking

Mealey's (June 18, 2018, 1:52 PM EDT) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A man musters “no authority even remotely” suggesting that personal jurisdiction can arise from simply registering to do business in a state, a federal judge in Alabama held June 13 in dismissing Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and other claims against hospital entities for allegedly failing to provide a deaf man with an interpreter (Teddy Beasley v. Providence Hospital, et al., No. 18-0004, S.D. Ala., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 99572)....