The U.S. Department of Justice on Oct. 8 sued LA Fitness, alleging the company’s facilities don’t properly accommodate disabled people.
U.S. prosecutors say Fitness International, which does business as LA Fitness, is not complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The federal law bars discrimination against disabled people and requires businesses to “make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures, when such modifications are necessary to afford such goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations to individuals with disabilities.”
LA Fitness, for instance, has failed to offer working lifts at its pools and spas, according to customers cited by prosecutors….