SAN FRANCISCO — Try as she might, Newport Beach attorney Lisa Wegner seemed to fall short Wednesday of convincing a majority of the California Supreme Court that businesses shouldn’t face damages for discrimination that wasn’t intentional.
Though they were pretty much poker-faced throughout the proceeding, the justices gave just enough indication that intent isn’t necessary and that businesses could open themselves to damages simply by failing to upgrade their facilities to provide equal access for the disabled.
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