In Rancho Cordova, Calif., a 50,000-square-foot kids’ indoor sports complex has closed operations following a lawsuit over its lack of wheelchair access. A financial angel, however, has offered to donate a $35,000 lift for free, and Basketball Town’s executive director is cautiously optimistic, saying there is a 50/50 hope that it might reopen. “The original lawsuit was filed by a Solano County man who is a quadriplegic. He says he was unable to attend his nephew’s birthday party on the mezzanine floor last year. Since then, the building’s owner and the tenants who run Basketball Town have clashed over who should pay for the retrofitting.” Derrick Ross of Suisun City has “filed similar lawsuits against two Northern California businesses in the last two years over Americans with Disabilities Act compliance issues.” (Stan Oklobdzija, “Sports complex to close”, Sacramento Bee, Sept. 30; Dave Marquis, “Basketball Town’s Future in the Air”, Oct. 1; Chuck Shepherd’s News of the Weird Daily).
ADA lawsuit closes kids’ basketball camp
In Rancho Cordova, Calif., a 50,000-square-foot kids’ indoor sports complex has closed operations following a lawsuit over its lack of wheelchair access. A financial angel, however, has offered to donate a $35,000 lift for free, and Basketball Town’s executive director is cautiously optimistic, saying there is a 50/50 hope that it might reopen. “The original […]
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Uncle should sue his sibling who held the party in an unsuitable place. The adult who booked the party room knew that they had a brother in a wheelchair and had they not been such an insensitive lout they would have noticed that the room they were booking could not accomodate him.
Unless of course the whole thing was a planned setup from the start so that you can create another lawsuit for the crippled brother.