Hollister Wheelchair Access Class Action Lawsuit Certified

According to the class action lawsuit, Hollister – a subsidiary of Abercrombie & Fitch – uses elevated porch-style entrances at nearly 250 stores around the country that are inaccessible to wheelchairs. The lawsuit says Hollister offers no alternative entrance for shoppers who cannot walk up the front steps.

The Plaintiffs in the Hollister wheelchair access class action lawsuit are seeking an injunction under the Americans with Disabilities Act to compel Hollister to alter all of its entrances to make them wheelchair accessible.

Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Daniel certified a class of “all people with disabilities who use wheelchairs for mobility who, during the two years prior to the filing of the complaint in this case, were denied the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any Hollister Co. Store in the United States on the basis of disability because of the presence of an elevated entrance.”

The case is Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, et al. v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co., et al., Case No. 9-cv-02757-WYD-KMT, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado.