"This is the largest recovery the Department of Justice has ever obtained for a person with disabilities whose housing provider denied them their right to have an assistance animal," said federal prosecutor Damien Williams in a statement.
Despite Kullen's claim, 15 different visits from city inspectors to the 13-story, 175-unit building failed to back her up, officials said. "No birds, no screeching - no noise," a Department of Environmental Protection inspector wrote definitively.
The Rutherford went ahead with an eviction case against the co-op shareholder despite 15 city inspectors not finding signs of noise issues, indicating a clear discrimination against the resident.
The board discriminated against Meril Lesser when it began a legal effort to boot her and her three winged buddies - Layla, Ginger and Curtis - in 2016.
[
Collection
]
[
|
...
]