Jail Amputee Sues Over “Failure to Accommodate”
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 16, Number 02, January/February 2015 , pp.19-19(1)
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Abstract:
Anthony Overla is a young man whose right leg was amputated early in life requiring him to wear a prosthetic device. While incarcerated at Tippecanoe County Jail he suffered pain and damage to his stump and contracted MRSA, harm that could have been prevented by providing him with a lower bunk and attaching a bar to the wall of the shower stall.Keywords: Americans with Disabilities Act; Overla v. Sheriff of Tippecanoe County; American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana
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