UNITED STATES v FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORP


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1 . COMPLAINT

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                                Department of Justice
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                       CR
MONDAY, MAY 19, 1997                                            (202) 616-2777
                                                            TDD (202) 514-1888

        FRIENDLY'S TO MAKE RESTAURANTS ACCESSIBLE TO CUSTOMERS WITH
         DISABILITIES UNDER SETTLEMENT WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

        WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Friendly Ice Cream Corporation, one of the

nation's largest family restaurant chains, will make its 704 restaurants more

accessible to diners with disabilities under a settlement reached today with

the Justice Department.

        The agreement, filed today in U.S. District Court in Boston, affects

more restaurants than any other agreement the Justice Department has ever

reached under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It sets out the steps the

company will take to ensure that patrons with disabilities will have full

access to Friendly's restaurants across the country.

        "For diners with disabilities, ADA compliance is the real welcome sign

on the door of every restaurant," said Attorney General Janet Reno, who

announced the agreement at a press conference today in Boston. "Today's

agreement will make Friendly's more accessible to 49 million Americans with

disabilities."

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        The Justice Department began investigating Friendly's in 1995 after

receiving information that some of its restaurants may not have been

accessible. After the investigation revealed that most Friendly's restaurants

failed to satisfy the requirements of the ADA, the company entered into

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FRIENDLY'S TO MAKE RESTAURANTS ACCESSIBLE TO CUSTOMERS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER SETTLEMENT

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Friendly Ice Cream Corporation, one of the

nation's largest family restaurant chains, will make its 704 restaurants more

The agreement, filed today in U.S. District Court in Boston, affects

reached under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

company will take to ensure that patrons with disabilities will have full

ADA compliance is the real welcome sign

accessible entrance by installing curb cuts,

that protrude into the path of travel and present a danger to patrons with vision impairments;

relocate telephones, mirrors, and paper towel dispensers to make them accessible to people

constructed later must be built in compliance with guidelines known as the ADA