Lawsuit for refusal to provide qualified sign language interpreting</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Lawsuit for refusal to provide qualified sign language interpreting"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Lawsuit,for,refusal,to,provide,qualified,sign,language,interpreting"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">14-01-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Lawsuit for refusal to provide qualified sign language interpreting</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_DxkD5LoaFzWfcq6wYsxb_0.JPG" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Maryland, USA: Seven deaf patients are suing a Regional Hospital in Maryland, claiming that it failed to provide them effective means of communication in critical medical situations. <br>The suit alleges that the plaintiffs were unable to provide informed consent to treatment, were denied the opportunity to participate in their treatment and were denied the full benefit of the health-care services provided by Laurel Regional, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other laws, according to the statement. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=810&NewsID=602973&CategoryID=5845&show=localnews&om=1 " target="blank">news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=810&NewsID=602973&CategoryID=5845&show=localnews&om=1 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show