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Parties Involved:
Hill Investments, L.L.C.
Defendant
Dallas Weldon
Plaintiff

Document Text:

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION

DALLAS WELDON, )

)

 Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 3:14cv930-MHT

) (WO)

HILL INVESTMENTS, L.L.C.,

a Domestic Limited 

Liability Company,

)

)

)

)

 Defendant. )

CONSENT JUDGMENT AND FINAL ORDER

This matter comes before the Court on the Joint 

Motion for Entry of Consent Decree (the “Joint Motion”) 

filed by the parties. For good cause shown, it is the 

ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of the court that the joint 

motion for the entry of consent decree (doc. no. 21) is 

granted, and that:

1. Pursuant to the parties’ Settlement (as defined 

in the Joint Motion), Defendant shall make the 

following modifications and alterations to the premises 

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located at 4371 Hwy 280, Alexander City, Alabama 35010 

(“Alex City Food Shop”):

a. The Defendant shall create one vanaccessible compliant accessible parking space, which 

shall comply with ADA requirements for such parking 

spaces. 

b. The Defendant shall install an automaticopening accessible door, which shall be compliant with 

ADA requirements for such doors, and which is a 

reasonable accommodation in place of repairing and/or 

replacing the existing curb ramp at the entrance of the 

facility.

c. The Defendant shall replace the doorknobs 

with levers which are ADA compliant.

d. The Defendant shall adjust the doorclosing mechanism to all public restroom doors such 

that the mechanisms comply with ADA requirements for 

such door-closing mechanisms. 

e. The Defendant shall insulate the plumbing 

beneath all public lavatories. 

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f. The Defendant shall relocate soap 

dispensers in all public restrooms such that they 

comply with ADA requirements for such soap dispensers. 

g. The Defendant shall reposition existing 

mirrors in all public restrooms such that they comply 

with ADA requirements for placement of such mirrors, 

or, in the alternative, install an additional mirror, 

which shall comply with all ADA requirements for 

placement of such mirrors. 

h. The Defendant shall install an ADA 

compliant rear grab bar above the water closets in all 

public restrooms. 

i. The Defendant shall reposition toilet 

paper dispensers in all public restrooms so as to 

comply with ADA requirements for such toilet paper 

dispensers. 

j. The Defendant shall install signage on all 

self-service beverage dispensers directing any 

customers needing assistance to request such assistance 

from a store employee, and shall train its employees to 

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assist any customer needing assistance with access to 

the self-service beverage dispensers to provide such 

assistance, which is a reasonable accommodation in 

place of replacing, repositioning, or retrofitting the 

said beverage dispensers, and/or the counters upon 

which they sit, so as to comply with ADA requirements 

for reach.

k. The Defendant shall clear all aisles 

within the store location, which are accessible to the 

public, and which would deter equal access.

l. The Defendant shall cause each of the 

above numerated repairs to be made within sixty (60) 

days of the entry of this Order.

2. Defendants’ completion of the enumerated 

modifications and alterations shall not be construed as 

an admission of liability as to any claims which were 

asserted, or which could have been asserted, in the 

Complaint or as to any liability regarding compliance 

with Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act, 

42 U.S.C. Section 12181, et seq. (“ADA”).

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3. Upon Defendants completion of the enumerated 

modifications and alterations, the Alex City Food Shop 

shall be in compliance with the requirements of Title 

III of the ADA to the extent readily achievable and 

technically feasible.

4. The Complaint, and all claims asserted (or 

which could have been asserted) by Plaintiff against 

Defendants relating to the Alex City Food Shop, are 

hereby dismissed with prejudice.

5. The Plaintiff shall be entitled to, and shall 

receive no further relief other than the injunctive 

relief described and enumerated herein. The Plaintiff 

shall receive no monetary damages, whether nominal, 

compensatory or punitive, and shall receive no portion 

of any award of attorney’s fees.

6. The parties are to bear their own costs.

7. This Court retains jurisdiction over this 

matter for the purposes of handling any motions or 

other matters relating to the enforcement of the 

Settlement and this Consent Decree.

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The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to enter this 

document on the civil docket as a final judgment 

pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure.

This case is closed.

DONE, this the 22nd day of October, 2015.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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