In a 20-page complaint filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), the estate of Maureen Allen says her fall at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in March 2017 “required multiple hospitalizations and operations” and “was a substantial factor in causing her death.” AGT producer FremantleMedia North America and the City of Pasadena also are named as defendants.
The suit says Allen and her husband were volunteering at a county-sponsored science and engineering fair when she tried to enter the venue. It says they “discovered that all disabled access points to the Auditorium appeared to be blocked off. They were advised that the NBC television show America’s Got Talent was filming on the premises beginning the next day or soon thereafter, and the television show’s trailers and equipment were blocking all handicap access points to the building except for one. … However, in order to gain access to [that ramp], individuals with disabilities were forced to navigate and maneuver over a large power cord protector that obstructed the only available path of travel.”
