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EEOC Sues Haven Manor For Refusing To Accept Hearing-Impaired Certified Nursing Assistant

EEOC Sues Haven Manor For Refusing To Accept Hearing-Impaired Certified Nursing Assistant Lincoln Assisted Living Facility Violated Federal Law, Agency Charged LINCOLN, Neb. – Haven Manor, Inc. violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) when it refused to accept temporary placement of Amanda Huff, a hearing-impaired certified nursing assistant (CNA), at its assisted living facility in Lincoln, Neb., the U.S. Equal Employment Oppor­tunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today. In its lawsuit (Case No. 4:10-cv-03108), filed in U.S. District Court in Lincoln, the EEOC claimed that in September 2007, Willingham Health Services, a staffing agency, sent Amanda Huff to Haven Manor in response for a request for a CNA to cover short-staffing on the evening shift. The EEOC further alleges that after Huff, an excellent lip reader, spent about 20 minutes in orientation with a Haven Manor representative, she asked if she could have someone set her pager to vibrat...