M Civ JI 106.23 Public Accommodation - Disability - Definition

Disability means a determinable physical or mental characteristic of an individual, which may result from disease, injury, congenital condition of birth, or functional disorder, if the characteristic is unrelated to the individual’s ability to utilize and benefit from a place of public accommodation or public service.

Disability can also mean a history of a determinable physical or mental characteristic as I have just described.

Lastly, disability can also mean being regarded as having a determinable physical or mental characteristic as I have just described.

When I say “unrelated to the individual’s ability,” I mean an individual’s disability does not prevent the individual from utilizing and benefiting from a place of public accommodation or public service, with or without accommodation.

Comment

MCL 37.1103.

History

Added September 2005.