Denver(AP)--A federal judge on thursday approved a $13 million settlement reached earlier between kmart and DISABLED SHOPPERS in a lawsuit over access at its stores.

The agreement approved by u.s. district judge, also gives the company 7-1/2 years to bring its stores
nationwide into compliance with federal standards for merchandise,counters,restrooms,fitting rooms and parking lots.
Kmart, a subisdiary of Illinois-based sears holdings corp., also agreed to pay $3.6 million in attorney fees.
Kmart and the Plainiffs announced the proposed settlement in March. The $13 Million INcludes $8 million in cash and $5 million in gift cards. it will be distributed to class-action plaintiffs in california, colorado,hawaii,massachusetts,new york, oregon and texas.



Poor Kmart....[&o]

 

I don't normally if ever shop at Kmart, but geez, I hate lawyers and our legal system.



Get ready to pay more at Kmart for those of you that shop there.... Guess who will get the final bill for this one..

 

are they still around? thought they went under a few years ago.

they shut all of them down in Montgomery AL when we were stuck in that Chit hole!

but from what i remeber of driving threw the parking lot there they had tons of handi caped stalls. not that they were ever used much but they were there.

i never liked thier stores they were hig priced junk most of the time so i never went back to them LOL