
Certified nursing assistant Brenda Chaney was on duty in an Indiana
nursing home one day when she discovered a patient lying on the floor,
unable to stand.
In this July 30, 2010 photo, attorney Denise LaRue,
right, and her client Brenda Chaney pose in her law office in
Indianapolis. Chaney worked in a Plainfield, Ind., nursing home that
issued her an assignment sheet including a daily reminder that one woman
in her unit "Prefers No Black CNAs." Nursing home residents have the
right to choose who's going to take care of them, except when those
choices are based on color, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in
Chaney's case in July.
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