Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities at places of public accommodation.
If a place of public accommodation is operating with barriers, interfering with the access of disabled persons, the disabled person may sue to enjoin the public accommodation from continuing to remain open until the barriers to access are corrected. Barriers of public accommodation include, but are not limited to, a hotel, motel, or other place of public lodging, a restaurant, bar or other establishment serving food or drink, a motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium or other place of exhibition, or entertainment, a convention center, a grocery store, a shopping center, or other sales or rental establishments, a bank, a gas station, a hospital, a library, a private school, a health spa, bowling alley, or other place of exercise or recreation.
Examples of steps that can be taken to remove barriers to access include, but are not limited to installing ramps; making curb cuts at sidewalks and entrances, repositioning shelves, widening doors, installing accessible door hardware, and creating designated accessible parking spaces.
Fuller, Fuller & Associates, P.A. represents many clients with disabilities in their lawsuits to require places of public accommodations to remove barriers to access. If you are disabled and believe your access into a place of public accommodation is being unreasonably restricted, contact Fuller, Fuller & Associates, P.A. to learn about your legal rights.
