Call to Houston Motel 6 leads to class-action lawsuit

[TexasTowelie]

A disabled Army veteran has filed a class-action lawsuit against the parent company of Motel 6, alleging that the hotel chain does not comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act.

In the lawsuit filed in the South District of Texas in Houston, plaintiff Dana Bowman alleges that he called a Motel 6 in Houston prior to a business trip and asked if the hotel's pools had access facilities for the disabled. The motel's staff informed him that there were no such facilities there, according to the suit.

Bowman, a retired Army sergeant first class, filed the class-action lawsuit on May 20 against G6 Hospitality Property LLC, parent company of Motel 6.

"The defendant's pools do not have a fixed pool lift or other acceptable means of entry for disabled persons, notwithstanding that such modifications are readily achievable," according to the lawsuit, filed by Dallas attorney Eric G. Calhoun of Travis & Calhoun.

More at http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Call-to-Houston-Motel-6-leads-to-class-action-4553739.php?cmpid=hpfsln .

[Warpy]

1. I have never seen a motel pool anywhere with such facilities.

I wonder how far this suit is going to get.

[giftedgirl77]

2. The last motel I stayed in

Located in the sad little town of Grand Junction CO had one. But my question would be if you called in advance & knew they didn't have one just find another hotel. My understanding is that they need disabled accessible rooms & entrances, but pools really?