By Ryan C. Chapoteau and Gregg E. Clifton, of Jackson Lewis Throughout the country, sports teams and their venues have been hit with an uptick of public accommodation lawsuits under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), along with its state...
A federal judge from the Middle District of Florida has granted the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA), Inc.’s motion to dismiss the claim of a high school student-athlete, who claimed he was discriminated against based on his disability, finding that...
The mother of a wheelchair-bound woman has sued the Sanford Health Athletic Complex (SHAC) on the North Dakota State University campus after it refused to give her a chair to sit beside her daughter. Plaintiff Tammy DeSautel claimed that when she asked a staff...
A federal judge from the Eastern District of Louisiana has ruled that the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District (LSED) is entitled to sovereign immunity on a plaintiff’s claim for damages associated with a claim under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities...
Plaintiff’s Attempt to Use ADA to Get Another Year of High School Eligibility Fails A federal judge from the Middle District of Florida has denied a student-plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction, which would have essentially forced the Florida High...
A federal judge from the Eastern District of Louisiana has dismissed with prejudice the claim of a former Tulane University football player, who alleged that the school and several individual defendants cut him from the team because of his learning disability in...
A federal judge from the Southern District of Mississippi has denied a university’s bid to dismiss the claim of a football player, who alleged that he was denied an opportunity to play football because he has one kidney, violating federal disability laws. The...
A federal judge from the Western District of Washington has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a Seattle Seahawks fan, which alleged that Ticketmaster and Live Nation (the owner of Ticketmaster) violated disability laws when they did not do enough to designate accessible...
A magistrate judge from the Western District of Virginia has recommended that an Americans with Disabilities Act claim brought by a high school soccer player, who alleged that she was removed from the team because of a disability, be dismissed. Plaintiff Erica...
If you are like most people, your eyes will turn to the television or computer screen in the coming weeks to watch March Madness in all its splendor. Hit the mute button. It will give you an idea what VITAC Captioning does. Founded in 1986, VITAC, the largest...
A federal judge from the Eastern District of California has denied a school district’s motion to dismiss the claim of a former high school basketball player who claimed the district discriminated against him when it kept him off the varsity basketball team because of...
By David Raizman, of Ogletree Deakins In a proposed consent decree submitted for preliminary approval to the federal district court in Denver on December 29, 2017, the owners and operators of the Pepsi Center arena in Denver reached an agreement with a proposed...