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Disney Segway suit dismissed

February 22nd, 2008

From the Orlando Sentinel:

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit against Walt Disney World aimed at forcing the company to allow disabled visitors to ride two-wheeled Segways in its theme parks.

U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell dismissed the suit from U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida on Wednesday after agreeing with Walt Disney World’s contention that none of the three people who sued had any standing to do so, because none of them demonstrated any intention to visit the resort in the near future.

… The three plaintiffs — a man and woman from Illinois and a woman from Iowa — sued in November, contending that Disney violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by forbidding guests from using the upright scooters within its parks. One of them has multiple sclerosis, another has Lou Gehrig’s disease and the third lost his foot in a 1999 accident; all cannot walk and say they now rely on Segways for mobility.

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