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Hialeah Hospital Class Action Settlement In Americans With Disability Act ADA Class Action Lawsuit Over Access To Facilities of Hialeah Hospital

If You Are A Person In The United States With Disabilities As That Term Has Been Defined By 42 Usc § 12102(2), Including A Person Who Has An Impairment That Substantially Limits A Major Life Function, Including But Not Limited To Mobility, Hearing, And Sight, Who Seek, Have Sought, Or Will Seek Access To Or Use Of Any Good, Service, Program, Facility, Privilege, Or Accommodation Of The Facilities Of Hialeah Hospital, A Proposed Class Action Settlement May Affect Your Rights.

A class action settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (entitled Access Now, Inc. et al. v. AMH CGH, Inc. et al., Case No. 98-3004-CIV-GOLD/SIMONTON), alleging that Hialeah Hospital is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act ADA because it has failed to provide equal access for persons with disabilities to Hialeah Hospital’s facilities, according to the Hialeah Hospital notice of class action settlement.

Hialeah Hospital settlement class members reportedly include individuals with any type of disability whatsoever, and seek, have sought, or will seek access to or use of any facilities of Hialeah Hospital.

Under the proposed class action settlement, Hialeah Hospital will reportedly make modifications and alterations to its facilities with the purpose of providing  equal access to and usability of the facilities by persons with disabilities.  No money damages are to be paid to members of the settlement class.

The court is scheduled to hold a settlement hearing on August 6, 2010, at 11:00 AM, at the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Courtroom 11-1, located at 400 North Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida 33128, to consider whether the proposed class action settlement agreement is fair, adequate and reasonable.

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