Legal Opinion
Scherr v. Marriott International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 7, 2013No. 11-3833PublishedCited by 237 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Marjorie Friedman Scherr, an elderly woman who required the use of a walker, booked a room at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Overland Park, Kansas, in March 2006. She requested a room that complied with the Americans With Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The hotel had recently undergone a renovation and had installed spring-hinged door closers on the bathroom doors of some of its rooms, including the ADA-compliant room assigned to Scherr. The spring hinge closes the door automatically when a person lets go of the door. While attempting to exit her bathroom, the door, which she…
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