CRANE v. LIFEMARK HOSPITALS, INC.

No. 16-17061.

898 F.3d 1130 (2018)

Harold CRANE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIFEMARK HOSPITALS, INC., Lifemark Hospitals of Florida, Inc., d.b.a. Palmetto General Hospital, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew W. Dietz , Lisa Charli Goodman , Disability Independence Group, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Martin Barry Goldberg , Lorelei J. Van Wey , David R. Ruffner , Lash & Goldberg, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Marc Charmatz , National Association of the Deaf, Law and Advocacy Center, Silver Spring, MD, for Amicus Curiae.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, MARCUS, Circuit Judge, and ROSS, District Judge.


Plaintiff Harold Crane, who is deaf, brought this action against Defendants Lifemark Hospitals of Florida, Inc., d/b/a Palmetto General Hospital ("PGH"), and its parent organization, Lifemark Hospitals, Inc., for their alleged failure to provide an American Sign Language ("ASL") interpreter for Crane to effectively communicate...

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