U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Feb. 7, 2012
Blind man loses arbitration award
A blind man who was fired after selling coffee and pastries for years from a tiny snack shop in the lobby of a federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles cannot claim a $140,000 arbitration award, a 9th Circuit panel ruled Friday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Despite his blindness, David Zelickson was able for years to sell coffee and pastries to judges, lawyers and litigants from a tiny snack shop in the lobby of the Roybal Federal Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.
But when federal officials fired him in 1997 for allegedly unprofessional behavior, Zelickson plunged into a seemingly endless bureaucratic maze as government agencies bickered over his fate. ...
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