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Disability Rights Group Sues California For Faulty Sidewalks
August 25, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST
Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter
San Francisco, CA (AHN) - Disability rights advocates sue California's Department of Transportation (DoT) for allegedly failing to make sidewalks along state highways wheelchair accessible.
Californians for Disability Rights Inc. says it is not seeking monetary damages. It only wants the state to fix the sidewalks.
Plaintiff Ben Rockwell, who uses a wheelchair, says, "I'd like to limit the thrill rides to Disneyland and avoid them while traveling along [the] Pacific Coast Highway."
The federal lawsuit alleges that many sidewalks do not have proper access ramps. It also claims light posts and deteriorating walkways block access.
The suit says these conditions violate the Americans With Disabilities Act, and a similar state law. A nonprofit law firm representing the group settled a similar case with the city of Sacramento in 2004.
A spokesman for the Transportation Department tells the Associated Press the agency does not comment on pending litigation.
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