politecitizen
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Wisconsin
Hi all,
I wanted to share an unfortunate experience that I had, and how I might be able to get help. I was at a McDonald's, when suddenly, an employee noticed that I was making an unusual gesture. Unfortunately, I was not aware of it because I have a disability known as Tourette's syndrome that causes me to make sudden, unusual motions which I have no control over. However, the employee who noticed what I did called the police, and I was arrested for my action. I was told by the person who owns the McDonald's I was in that day that I would never be allowed to go to any of the McDonald's that this person owned. This person owns about 60 McDonald's, so there a lot of locations that I have to remember to avoid. At my initial hearing, I was charged with disorderly conduct for my action. I immediately hired a lawyer, and I also mentioned this to my psychiatrist. I explained the situation to them, and told them that I was not making any inappropriate motions. This information was passed along to the District Attorney that was handling my case. The DA believed the evidence that I didn't do anything wrong, and told me that if I received behavioral lessons from my psychiatrist, he would drop the charge. I followed the DA's advice, and the charge was eventually dropped. Then, I called the owner of this McDonald's again to let him know that my charge was dropped, and asked him if he would lift my ban. However, he did not. I asked him if there was anything I could do to get it lifted, and he said no. Therefore, the only thing that I could possibly do to have this ban lifted is to fie a lawsuit. I think I have a strong case because my disability led to my action, and if I was banned because of my action, that means that I might have been banned because of my disability, since that led to the inappropriate motion. If this is true, then I might win my case because it is illegal under the ADA to ban somebody from their property because of a disability. Should I file suit against the owner of this McDonald's?
Thank you.
Hi all,
I wanted to share an unfortunate experience that I had, and how I might be able to get help. I was at a McDonald's, when suddenly, an employee noticed that I was making an unusual gesture. Unfortunately, I was not aware of it because I have a disability known as Tourette's syndrome that causes me to make sudden, unusual motions which I have no control over. However, the employee who noticed what I did called the police, and I was arrested for my action. I was told by the person who owns the McDonald's I was in that day that I would never be allowed to go to any of the McDonald's that this person owned. This person owns about 60 McDonald's, so there a lot of locations that I have to remember to avoid. At my initial hearing, I was charged with disorderly conduct for my action. I immediately hired a lawyer, and I also mentioned this to my psychiatrist. I explained the situation to them, and told them that I was not making any inappropriate motions. This information was passed along to the District Attorney that was handling my case. The DA believed the evidence that I didn't do anything wrong, and told me that if I received behavioral lessons from my psychiatrist, he would drop the charge. I followed the DA's advice, and the charge was eventually dropped. Then, I called the owner of this McDonald's again to let him know that my charge was dropped, and asked him if he would lift my ban. However, he did not. I asked him if there was anything I could do to get it lifted, and he said no. Therefore, the only thing that I could possibly do to have this ban lifted is to fie a lawsuit. I think I have a strong case because my disability led to my action, and if I was banned because of my action, that means that I might have been banned because of my disability, since that led to the inappropriate motion. If this is true, then I might win my case because it is illegal under the ADA to ban somebody from their property because of a disability. Should I file suit against the owner of this McDonald's?
Thank you.