In October 2026, Disability Rights Advocates and the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund filed a lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior Court seeking to restore In Home Support Services benefits for Benjamin Lou – a 23-year old California resident and Ph.D. candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studies quantum gravity. Ben has … Continue reading “Lou v. Troia”
In April 2022, DRA filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of a community college student and a class of people who use the West Los Angeles College (WLAC) campus and who have disabilities that make it difficult to navigate long distances, on uneven terrain, or on the inclines of the WLAC campus. Read the … Continue reading “Cline v. West Los Angeles College”
In January 2026, DRA and The Law Foundation of Silicon Valley secured a landmark decision ensuring government agencies are held accountable when they improperly withhold materials essential to public accountability. The Supreme Court of California published its decision in City of Gilroy v. Superior Court, a case addressing the people’s right to access public records … Continue reading “Law Foundation of Silicon Valley v. City of Gilroy”
In September 2025, DRA and Latham & Watkins LLP filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of four Chicagoland residents with mobility disabilities against the City of Chicago, challenging its widespread and ongoing failure to make its sidewalks, curb ramps, and other public pedestrian rights of way accessible to people with mobility disabilities. Plaintiffs allege … Continue reading “Lane v. City of Chicago”
In May 2025, DRA filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of a group of wheelchair users against nationwide airport transportation provider SuperShuttle for failing to provide services to wheelchair users. Read the complaint. SuperShuttle advertises itself as “the leader in airport transportation serving over 70 airport locations worldwide.” While SuperShuttle purports to provide reservations … Continue reading “Garrett v. WHC Worldwide, LLC”
In January 2025, following a sweeping undercover investigation by housing watchdog group Housing Rights Initiative (HRI), DRA filed the largest housing discrimination case in Illinois history against 165 real estate agents, brokerage firms, and landlords alleging they illegally discriminated against low-income families who sought to use Housing Choice Vouchers (“Section 8”). The 176 complaints against … Continue reading “Housing Rights Initiative v. 160+ Housing Providers”
In September 2024, Chicago resident Ramon Canellada filed a federal lawsuit against Preferred Open MRI, Ltd., d/b/a Preferred Imaging Centers, challenging its illegal refusal to provide him with healthcare services because of his disability in violation of the ADA and other disability rights laws. Open MRI provides imaging services at seven locations across the Chicagoland … Continue reading “Canellada v. Preferred Open MRI”
In July 2024, on the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act and four years before the Los Angeles Olympics, DRA filed a federal class action lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles for denying people with mobility disabilities full and equal access to the City’s newly constructed and renovated public park facilities, a … Continue reading “Griffin v. City of Los Angeles”
In May 2024, DRA filed a class action lawsuit along with The Legal Aid Society and Winston & Strawn LLP on behalf of incarcerated New Yorkers with disabilities against the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (“DOCCS”) and the New York State Office of Mental Health (“OMH”) for their ongoing violations of … Continue reading “Anthony v. New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supervision (DOCCS)”
In February 2024, DRA filed a class action lawsuit in the Northern District of California against national car rental company Hertz to end its systemic civil rights violations against people with disabilities who need hand controls to operate a rental car. While there are many configurations, hand controls generally consist of a mechanism that allows … Continue reading “Ho v. The Hertz Corporation”