Saundra Carter, et al. v. City of Los Angeles / Nicole Fahmie v. City of Los Angeles
Published: Aug. 11, 2017 | Result Date: May 30, 2017 |Case number: BC363305 consolidated with BC381773 Settlement – $880,110
Judge
Court
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Mickel M. Arias
(Arias, Sanguinetti, Wang & Torrijos LLP)
Morse Mehrban
(Law Offices of Morse Mehrban APC)
Defendant
Laurie L. Rittenberg
(Office of the City Attorney)
David H. Raizman
(Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC)
Christopher F. Wong
(Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart)
Facts
Saundra Carter and others sued the City of Los Angeles under the American’s with Disability Act.
Contentions
PLAINTIFFS’ CONTENTIONS: Plaintiffs are persons with disabilities that rely on a wheelchair or scooter for mobility. They claimed that the city violated disability access laws by failing to install curb cuts or ramps that provide access to and from sidewalks and other pedestrian pathways.
DEFENDANT’S CONTENTIONS: The city denied the allegations.
Result
The parties settled for $880,110.
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