Sexual Assault Among People with Intellectual Disabilities
A yearlong study by National Public Radio, with data provided by the Justice Department has determined that people with intellectual disabilities are sexually assaulted at a staggering rate. They are...
Sister lawsuit filed by Department of Justice
On November 28, 2017, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the City of Springfield on behalf of the United States of America, which can be read here. This...
Appeal to Seventh Circuit and Amicus Briefs
On August 2, 2017, the Kennedy Hunt, P.C., III obtained a preliminary injunction from the District Court in the Central District of Illinois prohibiting the eviction of our clients during...
Low Income Housing Credit Program Comes to An End
In a 8-2 vote on December 19, 2017, the Missouri Housing Development Committee voted to end Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) in the state in 2018. The tax credit...
ADA/ADAAA Subcommittee
In September 2016, Thomas E. Kennedy, III was nominated to join the subcommittee charged with drafting updates to the Seventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions in ADA/ADAAA cases. The Americans With...
Class Action Against Allstate
This is a consumer class action alleging consumer fraud and unjust enrichment on behalf of a class of Allstate car insurance customers. The lawsuit alleges that Allstate employs secret...
For The Common Good Awards
On August 24, 2017, Thomas Kennedy received the Melton M. Lewis Equal Justice Award from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri at its annual For The Common Good award ceremony. This...
Former Attorney Wins Local Special Election
In April 2017, democrat Lyda Krewson won the St. Louis mayoral race, leaving the alderwoman position she held for 20 years. Shortly after that, former Kennedy Hunt, P.C. attorney Heather...
Reproductive Rights in Missouri
Camille Respess | June 30, 2017 On February 10, St. Louis passed an addition protecting reproductive health decisions to the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance with a 17-10 vote. The ordinance, which...
Minimum Wage Increase in St. Louis City
Camille Respess | June 16, 2017 After two years on hold, City of St. Louis Ordinance No. 70078, raising the minimum wage to $10 an hour took effect on May...
Transgender Student Rights
Camille Respess | May 28, 2016 The inequalities members of the LGBTQ+ community face are immense. Correcting these problems is complex in our country, and has become even more so...
Placing a focus on our Mental Health
Camille Respess | January 15, 2016 Our mental health is something that is crucial to our wellbeing, but it is often overlooked and not discussed in our society. For students...
Putting a Price on Emotional Distress
For most of us, our job is not just a way of earning a living. It also plays an important role in defining our identity. Often, the success that we...
DOJ Announces Important Olmstead Sheltered Workshop Settlement with Rhode Island
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a landmark settlement agreement with Rhode Island to resolve violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act relating to persons with...
Woman Suffering from MS Is Awarded Social Security Disability Benefits
The firm recently represented a woman suffering from multiple sclerosis in winning her appeal for Social Security disability benefits. This is wonderful news for our client who, in addition to...
Federal Government Shutdown Halts Firm’s Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
The federal government shutdown has real consequences for real people, including our firm’s clients. For example, a federal-court employment discrimination lawsuit that the firm is litigating with the Equal Employment...
TEK Law Represents Nonprofit in Suit Against Hecker, IL to Build Group Homes
Our office represents nonprofit organization Human Support Services and two individual plaintiffs in their federal suit against the Village of Hecker over the Village Board’s denial of a special use...
Novel Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Sheltered Workshop (Part II)
This post discusses the second novel claim in the lawsuit we brought for a young woman in a sheltered workshop who was raped by another workshop client. This claim alleged...
Novel Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Sheltered Workshop (Part I)
We recently settled a case for a young woman at a sheltered workshop who was raped by another workshop client. Our federal civil rights complaint raised two legal theories that...
Survey shows abuse of individuals with disabilities widespread
A new survey by the Disability and Abuse Project reveals the harrowing prevalence of abuse of persons with disabilities, and the lack of effective responses. 40% of survey participants with...
TEK Law represents employee harassed by Bob Delaney, former St. Clair County Clerk
Our office represents a young woman who experienced sex discrimination, race discrimination, and wrongful termination at the hands of former St. Clair County Clerk Bob Delaney.
Another Victory for Parents in Edwardsville
Family Health Insurance[/caption] Following a four-day due process hearing, an Impartial Hearing Officer ruled that Edwardsville School District had violated the IDEA by removing a student with autism from a...
Protecting disabled adults at work and school
See news footage about a federal lawsuit filed by TEK on behalf of a woman with developmental disabilities who was raped at a developmental training program after her parents reported...
Village of Alorton pays East St. Louis woman $110,000 for overnight stay in inaccessible jail
The Village of Alorton has settled with a partially paralyzed woman after holding her overnight, confining her to an inaccessible jail cell, and forcing her to move up and down...
Lawsuit seeks to prevent needless institutionalization of dialysis patients
Hands holding each other over a table New technology, such as ipads and other tablets, are helping individuals of all ages live more independently and reach their academic and vocational...
Missouri considering new rules for hearing special education due process hearings
The Missouri House is considering a bill (SB 595) introduced in the Senate that would change the qualifications for hearing officers in special education due process hearings. http://www.senate.mo.gov/12info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=9266 Contact Us!
Edwardsville District 7 to cut expenses by moving students out of private placements
The Belleville-News Democrat reported recently that District 7 has decided that “students with autism and emotional disabilities will return to District 7 classrooms next year.”
Paralyzed Woman Sues Village of Alorton and Former Police Chief Michael Baxton
The Kennedy Hunt, P.C. filed ADA, Section 504, and Constitutional claims against the City of Alorton and former Police Chief Michael Baxton, Sr. on January 12 2012. The plaintiff is...