Our Work

Chickadaunce v. Minott

The plaintiffs are three individuals who are enrolled in a home-and-community-based Medicaid waiver program in Indiana. They were assigned by the State to a category of individuals that require 24 hour/7 days a week, or almost 24/7, care.

May 15, 2017

Culvahouse v. City of LaPorte

ACLU of Indiana filed this class action challenge to address the failure of LaPorte to have sidewalks that are accessible to disabled persons as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Both sides have sought summary judgment.

May 15, 2017

Hizer v. Pulaski County, Indiana

This case, brought as a class action, challenges the lack of accessibility of the Pulaski County Courthouse as violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act.

It was filed in December 2016 and is currently pending.

May 15, 2017

Jackson v. Secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration

This is a putative class action that challenges the failure of the Indiana Medicaid program to provide recipients with Harvoni, the new drug that cures Hepatitis C, unless and until they reach the later stages of the disease.

May 15, 2017

King v. Marion Circuit Court

Private counsel received a judgment in favor of the plaintiff who is deaf and was denied a free interpreter at court-ordered mediation. ACLU of Indiana was asked to assist on the appeal. Oral argument was held in April 2017 in the Seventh Circuit.

May 15, 2017

Meeker v. Kosciusko Community Fair, Inc.

The client, who is a person with disabilities, challenges the lack of accessibility of the Kosciusko County Community Fairgrounds. A settlement has been filed and approved. The case remains open for monitoring.

May 15, 2017