BK Under Fire Again
Burger King just seems to be a magnet for litigation these days. Here's another lawsuit from a quadriplegic in California:
He says he has to roll his wheelchair through the drive-thru lane at the Pleasant Hill restaurant, narrowly steer it between bushes and garbage bins along the entryway and struggle with heavy doors he can't open.The complaints: inaccessible parking lots, entry and restroom doors too heavy, and inaccessible dining and condiment areas."I'm dead in the water," he said Wednesday as he sat outside the Burger King on Contra Costa Boulevard, flailing his arms for attention. "I'd like to go in and get something to eat, but I can't."
On Wednesday, Castaneda, 45, made his complaints a federal case as the lead plaintiff in what disability lawyers hope to make a large class-action claiming the fast food giant violates the federal Americans with Disabilities Act and state disability laws. The lawsuit targets 90 restaurants in California that lawyers say Burger King leases or subleases to franchises. But its aim is wider, to the 500 or so Burger King restaurants throughout California, since many of them follow the same design to create that uniform orange-and-yellow experience.
Man claims Burger King violates disabilities act [The Mercury News]
