[blindlaw] Text of a pending complaint

[Angie Matney]

Steve asked:

>Couldn't a hotel claim that a blind person must accept a given room, on the first floor for example, for safety reasons countering our right to refuse?  Has that ever 
>been tested?  

It probably has happened somewhere. That is similar to the airline personnel refusing to tell me which way to go because I might hurt myself if I walked 30 feet on my own. (grin) I don't know of cases about this, but it is interesting. Having said that, the case I referred 
to was much more clear-cut. The person had a liver condition that was going to be exacerbated by the chemicals where he wanted to work. I think a hotel would have a hard time proving in court that they *had* to give a blind person a room on the first floor for 
safety reasons. All of that is about a conjectured risk, whereas this case involved a much higher probability of danger.

Just my first-year law student opinion, not worth much at all. (grin)

Angie