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Here is some information about several historic and recent legal victories:

Villarreal v. Maram: Consent Decree will ensure that people with disabilities receive power wheelchairsConsent Decree will ensure that people with disabilities receive power wheelchairs

Waukegan City HallA case filed by the Lake County Center for Independent Living against the City of Waukegan.

The Trujillo Case: Wheelchair user gains access to front door Settlement ends building policy discriminatory against people with disabilitiesCHICAGO – The United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois today entered a consent decree resolving a discrimination case brought by a disabled nine-year boy, his parents and the United States against the Triumvera Tower Condominium Association of Glenview, Illinois. The decree mandates the elimination of a policy that discriminated against wheelchair users and awards $83,500 in damages, penalties and attorneys’ fees.

Wheelchair user denied reasonable accommodations Allison Kessler, a 25-year-old medical student who uses a wheelchair, filed a complaint in the Northern District of Illinois against a condominium association in Chicago's Streeterville Neighborhood.