Legal Opinion
Parker v. Universidad De Puerto Rico
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 28, 2000No. 99-1456PublishedCited by 205 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Beneath the surface of this seemingly simple case, there are issues of considerable complexity and import. Strikingly, they were largely missed by the parties.
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The plaintiffs, Donald Parker, his wife, their conjugal partnership, and their two daughters (collectively, the “Parkers”), brought suit in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, seeking compensatory damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and Article 1802 of the Puerto Rico Civil Code, 31 L.P.R.A. § 5141, for injuries suffered by…
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