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Judge Allows Emotional Damages In Deaf Patient's Bias Suit

By Mike Curley · July 26, 2024, 7:06 PM EDT

A Michigan federal judge has reversed course in a suit by a deaf woman who alleges she was discriminated against when Henry Ford Health System denied her an interpreter, saying she'd...

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Case Information

Case Title

Sparks v. Henry Ford Health System et al

Case Number

4:21-cv-11430

Court

Michigan Eastern

Nature of Suit

Civil Rights: Other

Date Filed

June 18, 2021

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