Civil rights attorney David Ferleger, an anti-war demonstrator in the Vietnam era, sees no irony in his representation of disabled military veterans seeking to overturn the Walt Disney Co.’s ban on their Segways in its theme parks. He sees only another important civil rights battle in his long war on disability discrimination.
The Philadelphia-area attorney has filed a petition for review in the U.S. Supreme Court in Disability Rights Advocates for Technology v. Walt Disney World Co., challenging a settlement in a settlement-only class action between Disney and three disabled individuals. The settlement class ultimately included all persons suffering from a mobility disability who rely upon a Segway or similar stand-up mobility device and who plan to visit Walt Disney World Resort or Disneyland Resort.