A Connecticut nonprofit that offers supportive services to those with disabilities was awarded more than $5 million last week by a federal jury that determined the town of Cromwell launched a campaign to push the agency out of town. 

In the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, a jury awarded Gilead Community Services a verdict of nearly $5.2 million—$5 million in punitive damages and $181,000 in compensatory damages—for Cromwell’s violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act.