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UW Hospital can be sued under disabilities act (AP)

The group that runs the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics is not part of state government and therefore can be sued under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.

The ruling by the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago reinstates a lawsuit filed by Joyce Takle, a former nurse at the Madison hospital who claims she was fired in 2000 for being diabetic.