Two deaf patients have won the right to sue a Florida hospital for failing to provide effective means of communicating their medical concerns through a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta that could have broader implications.
“It’s huge,” winning lawyer Matthew Dietz said of the decision’s legal significance. Dietz is litigation director for Disability Independence Group, a nonprofit civil rights organization advocating for the civil rights of people with disabilities.
