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Douglas v. Kriegsfeld Corp., 884 A.2d 1109 (2005)

Citation
Douglas v. Kriegsfeld Corp., 884 A.2d 1109 (2005)
Parent Document
Douglas v. Kriegsfeld Corp., 884 A.2d 1109 (2005)
Jurisdiction
DC (municipal)
Effective Date
2005-10-13

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Case law on the landlord's obligation to open a dialogue with a disabled tenant who requests a "reasonable accommodation" has focused on the landlord's failure to inquire about the extent of the illness,[68] or about the responsiveness of the requested accommodation to that illness.[69] The reasoning in such cases, however, supports our conclusion in the case at hand: that when a tenant proposes a coherent, ostensible feasible accommodation responsive to her handicap, the burden shifts to the landlord to ask for whatever additional details it considers necessary to evaluate *1138 that proposal.[70] A landlord's obligation to elicit additional information about a basically understandable accommodation is no different from its obligation to fill out the details about a tenant's announced illness or elicit her reasons why a requested accommodation will alleviate her handicap.