A Connecticut advocacy group for the hearing-impaired has filed a lawsuit against a move theater chain for failing to provide accommodation for deaf and hard of hearing movie patrons.

The suit was filed this week in U.S. District Court in Connecticut against Bow Tie Cinemas, which operates a dozen theater complexes in Connecticut and also has cinemas in six other states. The plantiff is the Connecticut Association of the Deaf, which is being represented on a pro bono basis by attorneys at McCarter & English. The Connecticut Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities and the National Association of the Deaf are alson involved.

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