MedicCook
11-26-2006, 09:24 PM
Equal Access to Lap Dancing?
A quadriplegic has sued a Florida strip club over allegations that he could not get his wheelchair into the club's lap-dancing room, his lawyer has said.
Edward Law of Orlando sued the Wildside Adult Sports Cabaret in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, claiming the club violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by excluding him from restrooms, the bar area and the private rooms where dancers offer more intimate entertainment.
Law, who filed a separate suit against another Palm Beach club on similar claims, alleged the Wildside's lap-dancing room, separate from the main showroom at the club, was accessible only by a short flight of stairs.
The lawsuit also said the club had no parking for the disabled, its restrooms were inaccessible and its stage was too high, blocking Law's view of the dancers from his wheelchair.
"The big thing is that there are private rooms upstairs and he can't get into them," said Law's lawyer, Anthony Brady of Camden, New Jersey, who has sued more than 100 companies over alleged ADA violations.
Is this lawsuit really the kind of problem the Americans with Disabilities Act was put in place to resolve? The Act was designed to ensure that disabled people have access to businesses, transportation and other public facilities -- not necessarily lap dancing rooms.
A quadriplegic has sued a Florida strip club over allegations that he could not get his wheelchair into the club's lap-dancing room, his lawyer has said.
Edward Law of Orlando sued the Wildside Adult Sports Cabaret in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach, claiming the club violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by excluding him from restrooms, the bar area and the private rooms where dancers offer more intimate entertainment.
Law, who filed a separate suit against another Palm Beach club on similar claims, alleged the Wildside's lap-dancing room, separate from the main showroom at the club, was accessible only by a short flight of stairs.
The lawsuit also said the club had no parking for the disabled, its restrooms were inaccessible and its stage was too high, blocking Law's view of the dancers from his wheelchair.
"The big thing is that there are private rooms upstairs and he can't get into them," said Law's lawyer, Anthony Brady of Camden, New Jersey, who has sued more than 100 companies over alleged ADA violations.
Is this lawsuit really the kind of problem the Americans with Disabilities Act was put in place to resolve? The Act was designed to ensure that disabled people have access to businesses, transportation and other public facilities -- not necessarily lap dancing rooms.