The Walt Disney Co. should have allowed a disabled woman to use a Segway scooter to get around in Disneyland, even though she acknowledged in three earlier lawsuits that a wheelchair could accommodate her needs, a federal appeals court has ruled.
In a Wednesday opinion written by Chief Judge Alex Kozinski, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a lower court’s grant of summary judgment to Disney. The company prohibits the use of the Segway, a two-wheeled motorized device that allows people to travel while in a standing position, at its amusement parks.
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