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SHUMATE v. DRAKE UNIVERSITY

No. 12-0919.

846 N.W.2d 503 (2014)

Nicole Lara SHUMATE, Appellant, v. DRAKE UNIVERSITY a/k/a Drake University Law School, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

May 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felicia Bertin Rocha of Bertin Rocha Law Firm, Urbandale, for appellant.

Andrew J. Bracken , Amanda G. Jansen , and Nicholas J. Pellegrin of Ahlers & Cooney, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

WATERMAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we must decide whether Iowa Code chapter 216C, entitled "Rights of Persons with Physical Disabilities," implicitly provides a service dog trainer a private right to sue. Plaintiff, who works as a service dog trainer but is not disabled, alleges that while she was a student at Drake University Law School (Drake) she was barred from bringing a dog she was training into the classroom and to another event with her. She sued Drake to...

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