Defendant's Attorney: Ramesh Murthy and William Bradord Stallard

Description: Abingdon, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Americans With Disabilities Act violation theory.

"The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, education, transportation, state and local government services, and telecommunications.

The ADA defines a disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, such as seeing, hearing, walking, talking, breathing, learning, caring for oneself, or working. The ADA also protects people with a record of a disability, or who are regarded as having a disability.

The ADA requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities, unless doing so would cause an undue hardship to the employer. Reasonable accommodations can include things like providing a wheelchair ramp, allowing an employee to work from home, or providing a sign language interpreter.

The ADA also prohibits discrimination against students with disabilities in public schools. Schools must provide students with disabilities a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE) possible. This means that schools must provide students with disabilities the same educational opportunities as students without disabilities, to the extent possible.

The ADA also prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in transportation. Public transportation providers must provide accessible vehicles and facilities, and must offer paratransit services to people who are unable to use regular public transportation.

In addition, the ADA prohibits state and local governments from discriminating against people with disabilities in their services. This means that state and local governments must provide accessible buildings and facilities, and must offer reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities.

Finally, the ADA prohibits telecommunications companies from discriminating against people with disabilities. Telecommunications companies must provide accessible services and equipment to people with disabilities, such as TTYs and captioning.

If you believe that you have been discriminated against because of a disability, you can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ can investigate your complaint and take action against the person or entity that discriminated against you.

Here are some of the key provisions of the ADA:

Employers must provide reasonable accommodations to qualified employees with disabilities.
Schools must provide students with disabilities a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment (LRE) possible.
Public transportation providers must provide accessible vehicles and facilities, and must offer paratransit services to people who are unable to use regular public transportation.
State and local governments must provide accessible buildings and facilities, and must offer reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities.
Telecommunications companies must provide accessible services and equipment to people with disabilities.

The ADA is an important law that protects the rights of people with disabilities. If you have a disability, you should be aware of your rights under the ADA and know how to file a complaint if you believe that you have been discriminated against.

Here are some examples of how the ADA can be applied in everyday life:

An employer must provide a wheelchair ramp to an employee with a disability who uses a wheelchair.
A school must provide a sign language interpreter to a student with a hearing disability.
A public transportation provider must provide a paratransit service to a person with a mobility disability who is unable to use regular public transportation.
A state government agency must provide a reasonable accommodation to an employee with a disability, such as allowing the employee to work from home one day per week.
A telecommunications company must provide a TTY to a person with a hearing disability who needs to use a TTY to communicate.

If you have any questions about the ADA, you should contact the DOJ or an experienced disability rights attorney."

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Outcome: Settled and dismissed with prejudice.

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