A wheelchair user who was stopped from drinking alcohol at a wine tasting event over "safety" concerns is seeking compensation in a Japanese court. The man in his 50s is demanding 1.7 million yen in damages from both organizers and Seibu Department Store in Tokyo, where the
A wheelchair user who was stopped from drinking alcohol at a wine tasting event over «safety» concerns is seeking compensation in a Japanese court.
The man in his 50s is demanding 1.7 million yen in damages from both organizers and Seibu Department Store in Tokyo, where the event was held in August, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported.
During the trial’s first day on Wednesday, the manual wheelchair user whose name was withheld told the Tokyo district court that he was asked to stop drinking after two glasses of wine, the daily said.
