U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia G. Zachary Terwilliger announced the settlement with Richmond-based Good Neighbor Homes Inc. The settlement resolves allegations that the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to provide an interpreter for a deaf resident. Court papers indicate the woman lived at a Good Neighbor group home in Goochland County near Richmond from 2014 to 2017. Terwilliger also announced he's creating a Civil Rights Enforcement Unit in his office that will be dedicated to such cases. Terwilliger said he has been working for more than two years to find the funding to expand the office's capability on civil rights cases.

Source: ABC News October 27, 2020 18:22 UTC