In 2014, the 10th Circuit reversed a lower-court ruling that Hollister’s raised entrances violated the ADA, while leaving the class action in place. In 2015, Hollister agreed to remove steps at dozens of stores in a settlement approved by a federal judge. Disability advocates had said alternative entrances were often inaccessible or hard to locate.
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Hollister Co. has agreed to remodel entrances to dozens of its beach-house style stores across the country to make them wheelchair accessible as part of a proposed settlement agreement with the Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley [BRENNAN LINSLEY | Associated Press]
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a federal court decision, ruling that Hollister Co. beach-property-style entrances with steps do not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.