Civil Rights
ADA
Disability Discrimination
Jon Carpenter v. AMJ Management Inc., Ted Jordan and Does 1 through 10
Published: Mar. 2, 2013 | Result Date: Oct. 9, 2012 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: YC065482 Bench Decision – Defense
Court
L.A. Superior Torrance
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Mark D. Potter
(Potter Handy LLP)
Defendant
Stephen E. Abraham
(Law Offices of Stephen Abraham)
Facts
In June 2011, Jon Carpenter, who used a wheelchair, went to AMJ Management Inc. He filed suit against AMJ, alleging violations of the Disabled Persons Act. He claimed that the AMJ parking lot did not have adequate handicapped parking because he did not have enough space to deploy the access ramp of his vehicle in order to exit.
AMJ argued that the parking lot provided adequate handicapped parking access and that based on the dimensions of Carpenter's vehicle, he should have had sufficient room to deploy his wheelchair.
Result
The Court ruled in favor of AMJ.
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