punitive damages question

Marta Russell ap888 at lafn.org
Tue Jul 2 13:27:08 PDT 2002


When Congress passed the ADA, it did not specify that people could collect punitive damages for violations. The ADA was fashioned like the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Supremes recently ruled in Barnes v. Gorman that punitive damages are not available to disabled persons under the ADA. There are still punitive damages available to women and minorities under Title VI aren't there -- Nathan, Justin???

Marta -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA http://www.disweb.org



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