Sacramento, Calif. (September 24, 2025) - Sacramento Partner Shane Singh and Associate Grace Mehta of Lewis Brisbois’ Labor & Employment and ADA Compliance & Defense Practices recently secured a defense verdict for a motel client following a three-week trial in an Unruh Act lawsuit arising from a trip-and-fall incident in 2019.

The incident in question occurred in August 2019 at the client's motel in Barstow, California. The plaintiff, an elderly woman, had alleged she booked an accessible room at the motel through an online service. Upon arrival at the motel, the motel did not have a record of the accessible room request and the only ADA accessible room at this motel was already occupied. Additionally, the accessible room had one bed and plaintiff's party desired two beds. The motel allowed the party to examine a room on the first floor with two beds. The plaintiff and her party examined the room and then accepted it for their one-night stay.