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Jury Finds in Favor of Deaf Omaha Medical Student

creighton-univ(AP) — A federal jury has found that Creighton University should have provided a deaf medical student with special equipment and interpreters, but did not award the student any damages.

The jury found in favor of Michael Argenyi, who accused Creighton University’s medical school of discriminating against him because he is deaf.

Argenyi was accepted to Creighton’s medical school in 2008 after disclosing that he was hearing-impaired and requesting accommodations for his disability to allow him to follow lectures and communicate with patients.

He sued in 2009, after leaving the school when the university refused his requests for interpreters — even though he offered to pay for them himself.

His attorney says a judge will now decide whether Creighton must reimburse Argenyi more than $110,000 for equipment he bought.

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