Johnson v. Ace Brunk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SCOTT JOHNSON, No. 2:14-cv-01277-MCE-EFB Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ACE BRUNK; and Does 1-10; Defendants. 16 Through this suit, Plaintiff Scott Johnson sought damages and injunctive relief against Defendant Ace Brunk (“Defendant”) for violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101–12213, as well as California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 51 (“Unruh Act”), and Disabled Persons Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 54 – 54.8 (“Disabled Persons Act”). Finally, Plaintiff asserts a common law claim for negligence. All these claims stem from allegations that Plaintiff encountered various physical barriers, including failures to provide accessible parking, path of travel and entrance door ingress, when attempting to access Defendant’s automobile body shop in Manteca, California. On May 16, 2018, the Court granted Plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment, awarding $4,000 in…