Inaccessible Hotel Bed Class Claims Against Management Company Survive Dismissal

Mealey's (February 17, 2022, 10:23 AM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — Putative class claims accusing a hotel management company of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to ensure that beds and sleeping surfaces in accessible rooms comply with federal requirements may proceed despite no ADA standards that address sleeping surfaces, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Feb. 4, opining that the lead plaintiffs has sufficiently alleged violation of the ADA’s “general accessibility mandate.”...