A federal court in Miami dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington State woman against Jackson Memorial Hospital who would not allow her to visit her dying partner.

“The hospital took the position that we thought was pretty extreme — that it has no duty, no legal obligation, to allow visitors [of any sort] in the hospital. The court agreed,” said Beth Littrell, a staff attorney for Lambda Legal, a national gay-rights group representing Janice Langbehn, whose partner of 17 years died at Jackson in 2007.

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