Originally Posted by blueash (Post 1328457)

Everyone should read the court record, all of it. The court specifically held that the ADA did NOT apply in this case, rather it decided that the "section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ("RA"), 29 U.S.C. § 794, et seq." was the law which may or may not apply in this case.

The court very specifically rejected all claims that the clubs and rec centers etc are subject to the issues raised by the plaintiffs.

In fact the case revolves over the use of Federal Dollars by the Charter School Corporation in its operations. The use of the Federal Dollars makes it subject to Federal regulations. The court left for a jury to decide whether the cost of sign language interpreters was an undue financial burden for the Lifelong Learning College.



They did try using a speech to text Dragon program but it produced a useless output.

The court held that it was up to a jury to decide

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And contradicting the claim in the paper that they did everything they could to accommodate the needs of the deaf



And that the cost to provide interpreters according to the defense would be



Did the developer get $64,000/yr of benefit by being able to advertise the LLC as a selling point for The Villages? Could the LLC charge the Developer a $64,000 per year fee for using the name and description of that program and then redirect that advertising income to handicapped services? Seems to me like a tiny additional expense for the Morse empire and a significant loss of a marketing tool.

So there it is. Apparently the Charter School Corporation decided not to go to trial and attempt to win the case but rather closed the LLC. I don't know from the record whether that means the plaintiffs are dismissing their suit or intend to go forward seeking damages for their case. It would seem unlikely they would drop the case as then the LLC could simply reopen under the same conditions, unless of course there was also a cash settlement [speculation]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1328604)

I tried reading that case and felt like someone trapped in a maze. I wonder how long the Judge took to write this decision?

Originally Posted by ditka41 (Post 1328586)

I am equally disappointed in those who brought the lawsuit and the fact that it was not publicized by our local newspaper. Perhaps it is because doing away with the college would have been a negative to some potential buyers of property here. If so, keeping the lawsuit quiet would be in the same category as the fact that our "gated" community gives a false sense of security. Both are negatives, and we generally don't know about it until too late. How many people would have made the choice to buy here if they knew about either or both in the last eight years? (Please don't flame me with the "due diligence" thing.) The Villages' real estate "promoters" should at least disclose pending situations that are undesirable. Is that the reason that they are not actual real estate agents?