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Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), private co-counsel, and Sutter Health today announced that the Sutter network of hospitals, medical foundations and other health care service providers has taken a big legal step toward further improving health care access for patients with mobility, visual, hearing and speech disabilities who seek care from Sutter facilities.
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Federal District Court has certified a statewide class in the case consisting of all persons with mobility and/or vision disabilities who are allegedly being denied access to pedestrian facilities which are owned and/or maintained by the California Department of Transportation.
Read more about the case.The Golden Gate National Recreational Area (GGNRA) and the National Park Service (NPS) are discriminating against individuals with disabilities by denying them access to GGNRA parks. In order to end this discrimination, Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a California-based non-profit law firm, filed a class action complaint today in federal court on behalf of all people with mobility and vision disabilities who have been denied access to GGNRA parks.
Read the Press Release.January 10, 2008: A federal court in San Francisco today cleared the way for a major national class action lawsuit on behalf of disabled veterans to directly challenge the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The ruling affirms the rights of veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) to sue in federal court over the huge backlog of claims, the lengthy waiting time that veterans face in receiving needed mental health care, and the inadequacy of care for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court in July, seeks a judicial finding that VA’s system of handling claims and appeals is so dysfunctional that it violates veterans’ constitutional and statutory rights. The suit also calls for court orders requiring VA to provide immediate medical and psychological help to returning troops and to screen them for risk of suicide.
Closing arguments took place on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Please see attached articles on our trial and closing arguments.
Read the Press Release.On December 28, 2007, an en banc court of the Ninth Circuit returned the case to the district court for further review and analysis of UPS's use of the DOT hearing standard in its driver application process. We will post additional details about the next phase of the case when they become available, in approximately 60-90 days.
Read the Press Release.A landmark lawsuit, the first of its kind in the country, was filed against the City of Oakland to address the City’s failure to adequately plan to meet the mass care and shelter needs of people with disabilities in an emergency.
Monday, July 23rd, DRA filed a national class action lawsuit against the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) alleging the VA is flagrantly violating the constitutional and statutory rights of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
