Hospital Largely Escapes Damages In ACA Deafness Discrimination Case

Mealey's (March 23, 2023, 11:17 AM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — Evidence that a hospital at times provided an interpreter for a deaf woman and her allegations that the law requires one at every critical encounter raise more questions about her case than it answers, and under recent precedent, she can seek only nominal damages, a federal judge in New York said in denying her summary judgment and partially granting the provider’s motion....