Angels Offer Price Breaks in Settlement of ADA Suit

We're still scratching our heads over this one. In July 2009, J. Paul Charlebois, a then-47-year-old who uses a wheelchair, attended a Los Angeles Angels game with a friend who held season tickets on the club level of Angel Stadium. Charlebois was told that the only two wheelchair seats on the club level, where in-seat service is routinely offered, were occupied. An usher offered to carry Charlebois to and from a general-admission seat on the club level, but the fan declined the invitation and sued the team for failing to provide basic accommodations to people with disabilities on a premium-seating level.

Charlebois' federal lawsuit sought no monetary damages beyond attorneys' fees (which could be considerable; the team has estimated that attorneys' fees and court costs could run the Angels $300,000 to $800,000). He wanted only for the stadium to change, according to a report in The Orange County Register. Did he get it?

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