BAX v. DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO, INC.

No. 21-16532.

48 F.4th 1008 (2022)

Mark BAX; Lucia Pershe Bax, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Mary Birmingham, Plaintiff, v. DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER OF MODESTO, INC., Defendant-Appellee, and Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 12, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David John Hommel Jr. (argued) and Andre Rozynski , Eisenberg & Baum LLP, New York, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeffrey D. Polsky (argued), Fox Rothschild LLP, San Francisco, California; Marsha M. Piccone , Fox Rothschild LLP, Denver, Colorado; for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, CARLOS T. BEA, and HOLLY A. THOMAS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This case concerns the rights of deaf patients to effective communication about their medical care under federal and state antidiscrimination laws. Plaintiffs Mark and Lucia Bax are a married couple who have each been deaf since early childhood. They appeal from the district court's judgment, entered...

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