An Eastern District judge held that the intellectually disabled couple and their parents failed to establish disability-based discrimination claims, saying that the "alleged discrimination is based not on the couple's disabilities, but rather on their status as a married couple."
April 21, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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A federal judge has thrown out the lawsuit of an intellectually disabled couple against two Long Island group homes that refused to let them live together as man and wife at their facilities.
Eastern District Judge Leonard Wexler (See Profile) rejected a claim that the Independent Group Home Living Program in Manorville and Maryhaven Center of Hope, Inc., based in Port Jefferson Station, had not made reasonable accommodations for Paul Forziano and Hava Samuels.
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