Mass. Inmate’s ADA Claim Survives Effort to Reverse Jury Findings
Author: Fred Cohen.
Source: Volume 20, Number 02, July/August 2018 , pp.19-19(1)
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Abstract:
Cox is a 57-year-old inmate serving a life sentence in a Massachusetts state prison. He is also a sympathetic figure because he is mentally disabled (IQ of 51) and unable to read, write or dial a telephone without help. He claims that he is an ADA-grounded victim of discrimination because he was denied access to procedures to obtain needed medical care; procedures to report and resolve grievances; procedures to report physical and sexual assaults, and use of the telephone. Cox won a jury verdict, which the state sought unsuccessfully to overturn on appeal.Keywords: Cox v. Massachusetts Dept. of Correction, 2018 WL 1586019 (D.Mass)
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