http://www.lawserver.com/forums/ LawServer Forums Tag: service animal en Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:26:09 +0000 http://www.lawserver.com/forums/topic/service-animals-are-not-just-for-visual-disabilities#post-115 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:44:48 +0000 steve 115@http://www.lawserver.com/forums/ <p>I received some good feedback on a news item about a landlord sued by the federal government for not allowing a tenant to use a service animal in a "no dogs" residence. I thought I would share it here:<br /> "Service animals, and under the Federal [Fair] Housing Act, emotional support animals, may be used for a wide variety of disabilities, not simply vision impairment. The landlord should be ready to pay out big damages since a similar case in Michigan resulted in $300k in punitive damages. See Grad v. Royaloak Apts,<br /> <a href="http://www.bridges4kids.org/articles/2005/3-05/Freep2-23-05.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.bridges4kids.org/articles/2005/3-05/Freep2-23-05.html</a>. Service animals are not limited to the dog species."</p> <p>The original news story is here: <a href="http://www.lawserver.com/law/news/landlords-refusal-to-allow-companion-dog-spurs-federal-suit" rel="nofollow">http://www.lawserver.com/law/news/landlords-refusal-to-allow-companion-dog-spurs-federal-suit</a>. Thanks for the feedback. </p>