Hospital Secures Judgment In Deaf Man’s ACA Discrimination Case

Mealey's (June 18, 2020, 2:32 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A deaf individual has not shown that a hospital discriminated against him by failing to secure a live interpreter during his hourlong stay, a federal judge in Louisiana said in granting summary judgment June 15 (Joseph Lockwood v. Our Lady of the Lake Hospital Inc., No. 17-509, M.D. La., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103979)....