Commission Sues Tel Aviv Restaurant For Refusing Veteran With Guide Dog
(Jerusalem Post)
January 10, 2012
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL [Excerpt provided by Inclusion DailyThe Commission of Equal Rights for People with Disabilities filed a NIS 60,000 [$15,580US] civil lawsuit on Tuesday against a Tel Aviv restaurant that allegedly refused entry to a blind IDF veteran.
According to the lawsuit, Pam- Pam restaurant in Tel Aviv’s Ibn Gabirol Street would not allow Mordechai Levy-Talmy eat inside because was accompanied by his guide dog.
The lawsuit, filed by lawyer Enas Hajyahia, charges that 55- year-old Levy-Talmy, a blind and disabled IDF veteran, went to eat lunch with his wife at Pam-Pam, but when the couple requested an indoor table, the waitress insisted they sit outside. Levy- Talmy asked to speak to the restaurant manager, who informed him that guide dogs were not allowed to enter the restaurant, and therefore the couple must eat at an outdoor table instead.
The restaurant manager would not change his mind even after Levy-Talmy explained he was obligated by law to allow guide dogs to enter.
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