A disability rights group alleging that a Hollywood tour operator denies access to individuals in wheelchairs and electric scooters will get documents that are part of a related U.S. Justice Department investigation.
Starline Tours of Hollywood Inc., the largest sightseeing company in Los Angeles that offers tours of celebrity homes and other Hollywood landmarks, signed a consent decree in 2002 with the Justice Department pledging that any new vehicles in its fleet would be accessible to riders in wheelchairs in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Ms. Wheelchair California Pageant, which advocates for women who use wheelchairs, and an individual plaintiff, Lillibeth Navarro, sought access to those documents as part of a class action they filed in 2011 on behalf of all Starline customers in wheelchairs and motor scooters.
