Fishers Adolescent Catholic Enrichment Society, Inc. v. Elizabeth Bridgewater o/b/o Alyssa Bridgewater

I agree with the majority that the Bridgewater disability discrimination *6claim fails because the alleged discriminatory practice — excluding one of the Bridgewater children from a meal at the Masquerade Ball due to her disability — did not “relat[e] ... to education” within the meaning of Indiana’s Civil Rights Act. Ind. Code § 22-9-1-3(1). However, I disagree that the Bridgewater retaliation claim is somehow derivative of and thus depends upon the disposition of the discrimination claim. Therefore on this issue I respectfully dissent.

Indiana’s Civil Rights Act reflects the State’s public…