Court: Movie theatres must accommodate deaf-blind patrons
An appeals court says federal disability law requires movie theatres to provide interpreters to patrons who are deaf and blind.
The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Cinemark, the nation’s third-largest movie chain.
The case involved a Pennsylvania man who wanted to see the movie “Gone Girl” and sought a “tactile interpreter” from a Cinemark theatre in Pittsburgh. The theatre denied his request.
The plaintiff, Paul McGann, reads American Sign Language through touch.