b'money damages. They can claim actual damag- amusementwithout discrimination on the8-130 of the New York City Human Right Law. es, treble damages (of a minimum of $4,000 perbasis of disability. A passenger vessel is consid- It provides that the law should be interpreted lib-access damages), plus attorneys fees. ered to be a public accommodation. erally, that exceptions are disfavored, and that the law may cover actions which are not violations of California Civil Code Section 51 reads, in part,In some respects, the Oregon law goes beyondstate or federal accessibility law. A separate part of (b) All persons within the jurisdiction of thisthe provisions of the federal ADA. For exam- the law allows an aggrieved individual to file a pri-state are free and equal, and no matter what theirple, section 659A.141 gives a person with avate lawsuit that seeks damages and attorney fees.disability, medical condition,are entitled todisability the right to seek monetary damages the full and equal accommodations, advantages,for harm to or theft of an assistance animal.These examples are cited to make PVA mem-facilities, privileges, or services in all business es- bersawarethatifsomeonechallengestheir tablishments of every kind whatsoever. Even some local jurisdictions have their own dis- accessibility policies, the basis of the complaint abilities rights laws. New York City is one suchmay not be the Americans with Disabilities CCC Section 52 reads in part: (a) Whoeverjurisdiction.OfparticularconcernisSectionAct, but a harsher state or local disabilities law.denies, aids or incites a denial, or makes any discrimination or distinction contrary to Sec-tion 51,is liable for each and every offense for the actual damages, and any amount that may be determined by a jury, or a court sitting without a jury, up to a maximum of three times the amount of actual damage but in no case less than four thousand dollars ($4,000), and any attorneys fees that may be determined by the court in addition thereto, suffered by any per-son denied the rights provided in Section 51.Many of the provisions of the New York State Human Rights Law regarding places of pub-licaccommodationsaresimilarto,butnot identical to, provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Section 296 reads, in part, It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person, being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or employee of any place of public accommodation,because of thedisability,of any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from, or deny to such person any of the accommodations, ad-vantages, facilities, or privileges thereof, .In Oregon, Revised Statute 659A.103 sets out the states policy that an individual is guaran-teed the fullest participation in the social and economic life of the stateto use and enjoy placesofpublicaccommodation,resortor The American with Disabilities Act does not permit the payment of monetary damages to a successful plaintiff. This is not the case with certain state or local laws. 29 NOVEMBER 2022'