Women who sued Apple for violating ADA act will head to mediation
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 23, 2008 at 12:11pm
Two women who sued Apple last year for violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) will head to mediation after the two sides were unable to reach any agreement on what changes were necessary at the San Francisco store to accommodate disabled persons, reports ifo AppleStore.
Jana Overbo and Nicole Brown-Booker filed the lawsuit last September, alleging the store was unfriendly to those in wheelchairs. They cited elevator buttons and products out-of-reach, no wheelchair spaces in the theater, and a Genius Bar counter that was too high for their access. Attorneys for both sides visited the San Francisco store on Nov. 12, 2007 and inspected the premise for accessibility. However, the attorneys could not reach an agreement within the standard 45-day period, and so mediation is the next step.
ifo AppleStore says that in its legal answer to the women’s lawsuit, Apple and building owner Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH denied all the allegations contained in the lawsuit, and said the women had never encountered any barriers. The property is readily accessible to the disabled, the companies stated, and the women’s suggested changes to the property are not required by law.
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
