No Barrier-Free Toilet: Viennese Restaurant Has to Pay Man 1000 Euros, His Wife 700

A Viennese gourmet restaurant was sentenced to 1700 euros in damages because access to the toilets was not barrier-free. A wheelchair user and his wife had to cancel the planned visit on their anniversary. The incident occurred in January 2023. Access to the toilets was only possible via three steps, a mobile ramp or a grab was not available at the time of the reservation. This made the plaintiff, who is also president of the ÖZIV-Burgenland Ass…

According to the verdict, the wheelchair user and his wife were discriminated against because the restaurant had no barrier-free toilet.

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The wheelchair user and his wife were discriminated against.