LA Fitness changes policy after Copiague woman's lawsuit
LA Fitness is changing the way it does business because of a discrimination case spearheaded by a woman from Copiague. Claudia Ciatto sued after her son's licensed nurse, who is required to accompany
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Nov 3, 2016, 6:27 AM
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LA Fitness is changing the way it does business because of a discrimination case spearheaded by a woman from Copiague.
Claudia Ciatto sued after her son's licensed nurse, who is required to accompany him during workouts, was charged a $15 guest fee.
Christopher Ciatto, 22, suffers from severe epilepsy and always has a family member or health care worker with him to help if he has a seizure.
"I don't want my son to be discriminated against," his mother says. "He's a wonderful young man who happens to have a condition."
Ciatto then contacted the gym's general manager.
"I explained to him that is a form of discrimination, and as soon as I said that word, he got very upset and hung up on me," she says.
The family then took the issue to the Office of State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
The office announced Wednesday that an agreement had been made with Fitness International, LLC, the owner and operator of LA Fitness gyms.
Under the agreement, LA Fitness "will now afford free access to aides of disabled patients, at its 29 fitness centers throughout New York."
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