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Walmart Customer With Tourette’s Claims She Was Kicked Out Of Store, Told Not To Return

(Mike Mozart)A Florida woman with Tourette’s syndrome is suing Walmart, claiming she was banned from the store, in violation of the American with Disabilities Act. She and her husband are seeking more than $2.2 million in damages for emotional distress. People with Tourette’s may exhibit facial tics and other involuntary repetitive movements, and have outbursts of profanity, known as “coprolalia,” according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The woman was shopping at Walmart with two of her children in August 2011 when she was ordered to leave and not come back by a manager and a security officer, according to a circuit court filing complaint, reports Florida Today. Her lawyer says the Walmart workers also called the police, who issued a no-trespassing order against her. “It’s putting part of her hometown off-limits for her.

 

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