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Article: Blind woman loses federal discrimination lawsuit against fertility clinic
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- AP Worldstream
- Article date:
- November 21, 2003
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COLLEEN SLEVIN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
11-21-2003
Dateline: DENVER
A fertility clinic accused of discrimination for refusing to help a blind woman conceive was cleared of wrongdoing Friday by a federal jury.
Kijuana Chambers, 33, who was seeking unspecified damages, put her head in her hands as U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn read the decision in a civil case that experts said was unique. After the jury left the courtroom, Chambers put her head on the defense table and quietly began to sob.
Chambers had accused the clinic of starting fertility treatments in 1998 and then turning her down. Her lawsuit claimed the clinic violated two federal laws, including the Americans ...
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