A feature story by the NBC Bay Area Investigative News Team highlights the settlement in Stiner v. Brookdale as finalized in a federal court order on October 25, 2025. A link to the NBC piece that aired on November 3, Nation’s largest senior living operator agrees to renovate, change policies as part of settlement, is here. The press release issued by RBGG and co-counsel on October 31, 2025 can be found here. The court’s order is here.
RBGG’s Gay Grunfeld is quoted in the NBC story: ‘To my knowledge, [it’s] the first time that an assisted living facility in the United States has been required, albeit under a settlement, to make remediations, renovations to a facility to come into compliance with the national mandate with the [Americans with Disabilities Act],’ Grunfeld said.”
And later in the piece, “This settlement sends a message to all assisted living providers here in California and nationally that the best practice and the national requirement is to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.”