December 03, 2024
A deaf patient has resolved claims that Detroit's Henry Ford Health System discriminated against her when the hospital failed to provide her with American Sign Language interpreters, according to a Monday order.
July 26, 2024
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 been mistaken in a prior order when she only considered if compensatory emotional distress damages were available under federal law.
March 22, 2024
Detroit's Henry Ford Health System may face a jury trial in a deaf patient's lawsuit claiming she was denied an American Sign Language interpreter, with a Michigan federal judge refusing to grant summary judgment to either the hospital or the patient.
January 31, 2024
A Michigan federal judge on Wednesday pressed counsel for Henry Ford Health System to explain why a deaf patient was not provided with any communication aids during a surgery, seemingly skeptical of the hospital system's defense that the chaos of the early pandemic justified the lapses.