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February 18, 2008

Blind Woman's Lawsuit against Fast-Food Revived

Associated_press_logo From Associated Press (AP) (February 9): 

Appeals court revives fast-food lawsuit

NEW YORK - A federal appeals court reinstated the lawsuit Friday of a legally blind woman who says she was mocked and mistreated by workers at fast-food restaurants, including employees at one who directed her to a men's restroom, then laughed at her humiliation.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Alice Camarillo of Catskill is free to pursue her claims after they were dismissed by a lower court judge in Albany, N.Y., on the grounds that she suffered no harm because she was always permitted to eat at the restaurants...

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