The Department of Justice on Thursday sued the parent company of the SeaWorld and Busch Gardens theme parks, claiming that a ban on wheeled walkers with seats at its parks violates civil rights law by discriminating against people with disabilities.
The department's civil rights division asked for a jury trial in Orlando to determine if United Parks & Resorts violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. The complaint said the company needs to change the parks' policies for the wheeled walkers, known as rollators, and also sought an award of damages for visitors who haven't been allowed to use them since the ban was implemented last November in at least three parks in Orlando and Tampa.
