BusinessWeek: A federal appeals court has reinstated the lawsuit of a legally blind woman who says she was mocked and mistreated by workers at fast-food restaurants, including employees at one who directed her to a men's restroom, then laughed at her humiliation. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Alice Camarillo of Catskill is free to pursue her claims after they were dismissed by a lower court judge in Albany, N.Y., on the grounds that she suffered no harm because she always was permitted to eat at the restaurants.
Camarillo sued four restaurants in New York cities — including Burger King, McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's — under the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, claiming she was discriminated against because the restaurants do not have large print menus she can read.
