by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Jun 20, 2022 | Disability Law
Our client Mary Tomko is a 60-year-old woman with multiple severe physical and mental disabilities. For the past two years, Ms. Tomko has been a victim of unfair and unlawful discrimination from her property manager by their refusal to accept her requests for...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Jun 13, 2022 | Local News
A new memorial is coming to the St. Louis Civil Courthouse. It’s honoring the estimated 400 enslaved people who petitioned the Missouri Courts for their freedom in the time between the Louisiana Purchase and the Emancipation Proclamation. The monument will honor the...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Jun 8, 2022 | Disability Law
Gilead Community Services – a group home for men with mental health disabilities – was recently awarded nearly $5.2 million in damages in a fair housing case in Connecticut. Gilead is a non-profit for people with mental health disabilities and opened a six-person...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Jun 7, 2022 | Education Law
Harvard University’s widely used implicit bias study – also known as Project Implicit – measures a person’s unconscious stereotypes and attitudes toward different identity groups. Implicit bias has harmful effects on our thoughts, behaviors, and actions. Since...
by Kennedy Hunt, P.C. | Jun 7, 2022 | Education Law
The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently found the Los Angeles Unified School District failed its students with disabilities during the pandemic. The OCR found the district – the nation’s second-largest – did not provide students with...
