CHICAGO (CN) – A jury must hear claims from a woman who faced eviction from her condominium because she keeps cats to cope with emotional anxiety, a federal judge ruled.
In 2008, Condominiums of Edelweiss discovered that Barbara Myers kept cats in her unit, in violation of its no-pet policy. She had kept at least one cat in her Palos Park, Ill., apartment for 11 years without any complaints, but Condominiums demanded their immediate removal and threatened Myers with eviction.
Myers responded with a letter from her doctor stating that she needed the cats to help with her various mental and emotional illnesses, making it medically necessary under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Condominiums then tried to evict Myers in state court, but a judge ruled after a 2010 bench trial that Myers\’ need for the cat outweighed any harm Condominiums suffered.
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