Macy's boasts the world's largest store. Lawyers for the disabled add it boasts "the world's largest ADA violation." A federal judge in California seems to agree. "They have half a million feet of retail space in this store," says one disabled rights advocate, "and they couldn't find 36 inches for a wheelchair." A district court found aisles at a San Francisco Macy's offered "barely enough room for even able-bodied customers to squeeze through" and the store rarely gave the disabled decent customer service.
November 08, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Macy’s boasts the world’s largest store. Lawyers for the disabled add that it boasts “the world’s largest ADA violation,” and a federal judge in California seems to agree.
“They have half a million feet of retail space in this store,” says Melissa Kasnitz, of Disability Rights Advocates, “and they couldn’t find 36 inches for a wheelchair.”
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