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Sixth Circuit Holds That Federal Four-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Disability Discrimination Claims under Section 1557...

In the face of tragic allegations, the Sixth Circuit has held that a patient’s disability discrimination claim against a hospital is not timed barred by the Rehabilitation Act, which borrows a state’s applicable statute of...more

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Health Law From the Courts: Review of 2019 Connecticut Case Law

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Our annual survey of health law cases for 2019 includes a number of notable decisions affecting the practice of medicine and the delivery of other health care services in Connecticut.  These include the Connecticut Supreme...more

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Court Declines To Certify Class Of Sexually Assaulted Hospital Patients

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In Ituah, et al. v. Austin State Hospital, a federal magistrate judge in Texas recently recommended the denial of a motion for class certification brought by patients alleging disability discrimination...more

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Hospital Defeats Disability-Discrimination Claim on Summary Judgment

Last month, a hospital in Louisiana defeated a disability-discrimination claim on summary judgment, and in doing so, provided a road map for healthcare providers defending against such claims. Rosario v. St. Tammany Parish...more

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A Cautionary Tale for Healthcare Providers: Are You Actually Providing Effective Communication Under the ADA and the...

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The Eleventh Circuit, in Silva v. Baptist Health South Florida, Inc., recently addressed a healthcare provider’s obligation to provide effective communication, through appropriate auxiliary aids and services, to persons with...more

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HHS Proposes Rules for Nondiscrimination in Health Care

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On September 8, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) proposed new regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Section 1557 prohibits...more

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