Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reports the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination ruled the owners of a Brighton apartment complex violated state laws against discrimination against the people with disabilities by ordering a man with AIDS to get rid of his dog.

The landlord was ordered to pay the man $25,000 and pay the state $5,000 in fines after the man required the dog to live on his own and function independently both because of his AIDS and because of the death of his mother and sister.