Health Care & Hospital Law
Jan. 10, 2018
Hospital sued for lack of deaf interpretation services
Kirkland & Ellis LLP threw its support behind a public impact lawsuit filed in Los Angeles federal court on Monday that accused a Los Angeles hospital of failing to help deaf patients.
LOS ANGELES — A deaf mother and daughter claim medical staff let them languish without interpreters for days on end during a recent hospital stay in Los Angeles, forcing them to communicate through notes and gestures.
The complaint filed on Monday accused Northridge Hospital Medical Center and its owner, Dignity Health, of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act. The plaintiffs are represented by Ki...
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