Coronado

— Plaintiff Joseph Coronado, a disabled man who is wheelchair-bound, decided to rent a particular apartment at Cobblestone Village, a multiunit complex owned and operated by defendants Cobblestone Village Community Rentals, L.P., and Equity Residential Properties Management Corporation. A barrier to wheelchair access existed on the path outside the apartment. Specifically, the concrete sidewalk leading from plaintiff’s apartment to the parking area ended in a raised curb with no access ramp for wheelchairs. Plaintiff was subsequently injured when his wheelchair toppled over while his wife tried to maneuver it off of the raised curb. Plaintiff sued defendants for violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Civ. Code, § 51) and the Disabled Persons Act (§ 54 et seq.). After plaintiffs case was presented at trial, the trial court ruled that the above causes of action would not go to the jury because the statutory provisions were inapplicable to private residential apartments. Plaintiff appeals from that nonsuit order. We will affirm the judgment.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Cobblestone Village is an apartment complex located in the City of Fresno along both sides of…