Oregon settles lawsuit alleging mistreatment of disabled workers

Oregon has settled a lawsuit over employment services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The class action suit, Lane v. Kitzhaber (later Lane v. Brown), was originally filed in 2012. The U.S. Department of Justice later joined it. The plaintiffs are eight individuals with developmental disabilities and the United Cerebral Palsy chapter of Oregon and southwest Washington. They contended they were segregated in "sheltered workshops," which afford little or no interaction…
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