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Litigation

Aug. 20, 2014

Monterey County hospital settles language claims

A Monterey County-based hospital has agreed to settle allegations that the facility and its clinics violated civil rights of its patients by failing to provide interpretation services for a Mexican language called Triqui.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Monterey County-based hospital has agreed to settle allegations that the facility and its clinics violated civil rights of its patients by failing to provide interpretation services for a Mexican language called Triqui. In 2012, legal services company California Rural Legal Assistance Inc. filed complaints with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, claiming Triqui speakers Adriana Merino and Agustina Montesino were de...

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