Mary Walsh and Beverly Nance v. Friendship Village Of South County d/b/a Friendship Village Sunset Hills and FV Services, Inc.

  • Filed: 07/26/2018
  • Status: Active
  • Court: Missouri Eastern District Court, Eastern Division
  • Latest Update: Jul 26, 2018
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The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, and co-counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of married lesbian couple Mary Walsh, age 72, and Bev Nance, age 68, against St. Louis senior housing community Friendship Village Sunset Hills.

The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, and co-counsel filed a lawsuit on behalf of married lesbian couple Mary Walsh, age 72, and Bev Nance, age 68, against St. Louis senior housing community Friendship Village Sunset Hills. The complaint alleges that Friendship Village violated the federal Fair Housing Act and Missouri Human Rights Act by discriminating against Walsh and Nance on the basis of sex, denying them a unit because they are a same-sex married couple.

In addition to NCLR and Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC, plaintiffs are represented by the ACLU of Missouri and Arlene Zarembka.

Find the Legal Glossary here: https://www.aclu-mo.org/en/node/124

Attorney(s):
Jessie Steffan, Anthony E. Rothert, Gillian R. Wilcox

Missouri Lesbian Couple Sues Senior Housing Community for Discrimination

NCLR says, “Mary and Bev were denied housing for one reason and one reason only—because they were married to each other rather than to men. This is exactly the type of sex discrimination the Fair Housing Act prohibits.”

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NCLR says, “Mary and Bev were denied housing for one reason and one reason only—because they were married to each other rather than to men. This is exactly the type of sex discrimination the Fair Housing Act prohibits.”