Family Kicked Out Of Golden Corral Restaurant Over Children's Skin Disorder

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83. The case you're citing

involves restaurant EMPLOYEES having typhoid fever, which management knew about, as well as numerous health code violations leading to possible transmission of the disease (by water or food contaminated with blood or feces, among other things). It's also an old case, and I'd be curious to know how it was resolved.

In any event, I highly doubt restaurant owners are under any legal obligation to diagnose their customers' potential illnesses, or assess their possible degree of contagiousness. It seems to me such an "obligation" would be well nigh impossible to enforce. As long as the food is healthy and the facilities pass health inspection, they're probably covered against any such liability.

On the other hand, under the ADA restaurant owners are prohibited from discriminating against people with disabilities, children included, even if the owner is ignorant of the condition and refuses to be educated. The DoJ is notoriously slow to take on ADA cases (they're usually brought by private plaintiffs) so this says to me the plaintiffs here have a pretty strong case.

Time, and testimony, will tell.