Real estate attorney Phillip Nichols of Pircher, Nichols &Meeks says the the judge for the U.S. District Court for theCentral District of California ruled that movie theaters withwheelchair seating only in the front of an auditorium violate theADA requirement of "comparable lines of sight" for theater patrons.The judge rejected AMC's contention that it merely had to providean unobstructed view.
Nichols says some theater owners previously thought that the ADAonly required that wheelchairs be no closer than the fourth row.These owners installed three rows of non-stadium seating with thewheelchairs immediately behind them. Whether theater owners will berequired to retrofit their facilities will depend on the outcome ofan appeal of the case to the 9th Circuit, which covers nine westernstates.
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