Sue The Lottery?

Here's a new twist to the People with Disabilities vs. Inaccessible Businesses - a state is being sued because they are non-compliant. Is the state at fault? If not, then how it the case make it to the Virginia Supreme Court?

The Virginia Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit filed against the Virginia state lottery.

"Four handicapped Virginians who believe they have as much right to win or lose in the Virginia Lottery as anyone else are bringing their case to the Virginia Supreme Court.

They complain that many lottery outlets are not accessible to people who use wheelchairs and to other handicapped people, denying them equal access to tickets in violation of both national and state disabilities acts.

Last year, Judge Margaret P. Spencer of Richmond Circuit Court tossed out a suit filed in 2005 against the lottery. Tomorrow morning, the state Supreme Court justices will be asked to reverse the judge.

According to lawyers for the plaintiffs, the lottery said that in 1999 and 2000 it surveyed 3,660 lottery retailers and found that 93.4 percent had accessibility problems."

http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/state_regional/state_regional_govtpolitics/article/DISA23_20090222-221652/213041/