Sep. 22, 2023
Paraplegic concierge wins $20M from Marriott
He went back to work in 2015 as a walking paraplegic, which means that he needed a prosthetic device and cane to move about, his attorneys said. He had doctors’ orders to alternate sitting and standing, which Marriott allowed until it changed its layout, they added.
A San Francisco jury awarded $15 million in punitive damages and $5 million in noneconomic damages on Thursday to a former Marriott concierge who quit his job after failing to receive accommodation for his partial paraplegia.
The complaint, filed by Susan Rubenstein of San Francisco, alleged that Marriott did not accommodate the plaintiff, after a renovation made it impossible for him to work without pain because he was not allowed to sit ...
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