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HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Robinson v. Dignity Health

4:16-cv-03035 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 6, 2016

Closed Date: April 28, 2017

This case is about discrimination by an employer whose healthcare plan for its employees did not provide coverage for gender dysphoria. On June 6, 2016 a transgender man (who was an operating room nurse) filed suit against his employer, Dignity Health (a hospital), challenging the exclusion of transition-related care from the employer’s health insurance plan. Represented by the ACLU, the plaintiff filed his lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, where the ca…
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)

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
Fain v. Crouch

3:20-cv-00740 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia

Filed Date: Nov. 12, 2020

On November 12, 2020, three private plaintiffs (individually, “CF”, “ZM”, and “BM”; collectively, “Plaintiffs”), represented by Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund and private counsel, filed a class action lawsuit against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”), West Virginia Bureau for Medical Services (“BMS”), West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency (“PEIA”), and the Health Plan of West Virginia, Inc. (“HPWV”), (collectively, “WVA”), in the United States…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
Stanley v. City of Sanford, Florida

6:20-cv-00629 | U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Filed Date: April 11, 2020

This case involves alleged disability discrimination in a city’s health insurance subsidy. On April 11, 2020, a disabled, retired firefighter brought suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida against the City of Sanford, Florida, alleging discrimination on the basis of disability in violation of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution, and state law. Plaintiff, represented …

Affirmed

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 …
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…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
Toomey v. State of Arizona

4:19-cv-00035 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: Jan. 23, 2019

On January 23, 2019, a transgender man employed as an associate professor at the University of Arizona filed this lawsuit against the State, the Arizona Board of Regents, and the Arizona Department of Administration in United States District Court for the District of Arizona. The State provides healthcare coverage to state employees through a plan run by the Arizona Department of Administration. Although the plan generally covers medically necessary care, it categorically denies coverage for ge…
DISABILITY RIGHTS
National Federation of the Blind v. Office of Personnel Management

1:19-cv-06249 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Filed Date: Sept. 19, 2019

On September 19, 2019, the National Federation of the Blind and a individual plaintiff who is blind and is a former federal employee filed suit against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the director of OPM and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants failed to ensure the website for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (BC BS FEP) was accessible to blind individuals, in violation of Section 508 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitati…
HEALTHCARE ACCESS AND REPRODUCTIVE ISSUES
American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas and Western Missouri v. Praeger

2:11-cv-02462 | U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas

Filed Date: Aug. 16, 2011

Closed Date: Jan. 23, 2013

This is a case challenging a Kansas law that prohibited insurance companies from including coverage for abortion in their comprehensive plans. On August 16, 2011, the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Kansas Insurance Commissioner. Represented by attorneys from the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri as well as the national ACLU's Reproductive Freedom Project, the ACLU sought declarator…