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Verdicts

Oct. 27, 2007

Jury Rejects Wheelchair-User's Claim Against Marie Callender

An Orange County jury took little more than an hour to decide that Marie Callender Pie Shops had not violated disability laws that a woman who uses a wheelchair cited when she claimed the size of the stalls at the restaurant chain's diner in Buena Park prevented her from getting access to the toilet.

By D. Heimpel
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      An Orange County jury took little more than an hour to decide that Marie Callender Pie Shops had not violated disability laws that a woman who uses a wheelchair cited when she claimed the size of the stalls at the restaurant chain's diner in Buena Park prevented her from getting access to the toilet.
      Jurors also rejected plaintiff Sue Gasper...

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