Camden Municipal Court, like its counterparts in Newark and elsewhere, has found itself the target of a disability discrimination suit by a hearing-impaired litigant.
U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler of the District of New Jersey, granting summary judgment on liability on claims lodged under Title II of the Americans With Disabilities Act and other statutes, said the court “failed to provide an interpreter on seven occasions that plaintiff appeared in court,” and the plaintiff “furnishes ample evidence that he would have been able to participate in and understand the hearings … had defendants provided an interpreter.”
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