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Transgender Patient Sues Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for Years of Discriminatory Treatment
Wardenski P.C. and Correia & Puth, PLLC have filed a civil rights lawsuit in New York state court against Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York City on behalf of Jennifer Capasso, a transgender woman who has experienced years of hostile and discriminatory treatment at MSK during cancer treatments.
Wardenski P.C. Files Class Action Against Aetna for Denying Gender-Affirming Facial Surgeries
On September 10, 2024, Wardenski P.C., Advocates for Trans Equality, and Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, filed a class action civil rights lawsuit against Aetna challenging the health insurer's discriminatory exclusion on facial gender-affirming surgeries for transgender policyholders.
Supreme Court Slashes Remedies for Victims of Health Care Discrimination
On April 28, the Supreme Court ruled in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Health that victims of discrimination by federal funding recipients may not seek emotional distress damages. In this column, Joseph Wardenski and Katie Keith, director of the O’Neill Institute’s Health Policy and the Law Initiative, explain the consequences of the Court’s decision and how Congress can fix it.