Civil Rights
New Shopping Center Stores Must Allow All Customers to Enter Through Front Doors, Fed'l Judge Rules
Rejecting a shopping mall store’s arguments that a porch-like front doorway with two steps was in compliance with disability laws because handicapped-accessible doors were right at hand, too, a federal judge in Colorado today held that Hollister Co. had violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Daniel said the company, which is a brand of Abercrombie & Fitch Co., unnecessarily excluded individuals with handicaps from the full enjoyment of the aesthetic of shopping at their facilities, according to the Denver Post.
The U.S. Department of Justice took a similar view in a statement of interest filed in the case.
The article doesn’t include any comment from the store.
