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FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Housing Opportunities Made Equal a/k/a HOME v. Nationwide Insurance

No. LB-2704-4 | Virginia state trial court

Filed Date: 1996

Closed Date: 2000

This lawsuit concerned the practice of redlining, under which businesses refuse to offer services, or offer services at unreasonably high charge, in areas populated by minorities, which are deemed to be “high-risk” locations. In the U.S., redlining has often made it difficult for residents of those areas to take out bank loans and get insurance. In 1994, several fair-housing advocacy groups, including the Toledo Fair Housing Center(TFHC), Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) of Cincinnati, M…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Washington v. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

1:16-cv-03948 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Filed Date: July 15, 2016

Closed Date: Nov. 20, 2019

On July 15, 2016, four African-American New York City homeowners filed this class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The plaintiffs sued the United States Department of Housing and Development (“HUD”) and Caliber Home Loans, Inc. under the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq., the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C § 1692 et seq., and New York state law. They claimed HUD’s Note Sale program violated homeowner participants’ Fi…
FAIR HOUSING/LENDING/INSURANCE
Huskey v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company

1:22-cv-07014 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Dec. 14, 2022

The plaintiffs filed this putative class-action lawsuit against State Farm in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on December 14, 2022 under the Fair Housing Act (FHA), 42 U.S.C. § 3601 et seq. The lawsuit alleged that State Farm dealt with homeowners insurance claims in a racially discriminatory manner. Represented by private counsel and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU School of Law, the plaintiffs sought a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, d…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
DOJ Investigation of Kaiser Health Plan of Washington

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This investigation concerned allegations of discrimination based on disability within Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington (KFHPW) for repeatedly failing to provide interpreters to individuals who are deaf or deaf-blind. Around May 2017, several individuals who were either deaf or deaf-blind lodged complaints with the US Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Western District of Washington, a division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). These complaints accused KFHPW of contravening the Americ…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Kadel v. Folwell

1:19-cv-00272 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina

Filed Date: March 11, 2019

Plaintiffs in this case challenged the State Health Plan's refusal to cover medically necessary gender affirming care. On March 11, 2019, seven private plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves or their dependents, (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), represented by Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, and private counsel, sued the State Treasurer of North Carolina, the Executive Administrator of the North Carolina State Health Plan for Teachers and State Em…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Murphy v. Health Care Service Corporation

1:22-CV-02656 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: May 19, 2022

This is a class action lawsuit alleging that the Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance of Illinois (BSBSIL) has a discriminatory health policy that denies LGBTQ individuals equal access to infertility treatments.  On May 19, 2022, the named Plaintiff (represented by private counsel), filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois seeking to represent a class of LGBTQ individuals attempting to have children through the use of infertility treatments. The plaintiff …
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Gordon v. Aetna Life Insurance Company

3:24-cv-01447 | U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Filed Date: Sept. 10, 2024

This is a case about an insurance company’s denial of gender-affirming care for transgender individuals.  This class action lawsuit was filed against Aetna Life Insurance Company on behalf of five transgender women denied coverage for medically necessary gender-affirming facial reconstruction procedures. On September 10, 2024, three transgender women filed this lawsuit in the District of Connecticut. They alleged Aetna’s categorical exclusion of coverage for medically necessary gender-affirming…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Doe v. Austin

2:22-cv-00368 | U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Filed Date: Nov. 21, 2022

Closed Date: Jan. 8, 2025

In this case challenging the constitutionality of a 1976 federal statute that prohibits the Military Health System from providing coverage for medically necessary surgical treatments for gender dysphoria for dependents of service members, a federal district court judge held that the prohibition violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.  On December 1, 2022, a ​transgender woman receiving health insurance through the U.S. military's TRICARE program as a dependent of a former se…

Case Dismissed (Involuntary)