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2019 Code of Alabama
Title 21 - Handicapped Persons.
Chapter 7 - Rights of Blind and Otherwise Physically Disabled Persons.
Section 21-7-7 - Rights of blind persons not using cane or guide dog; failure to use cane or guide dog not evidence of contributory negligence.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 21-7-7 (2019)
Section 21-7-7Rights of blind persons not using cane or guide dog; failure to use cane or guide dog not evidence of contributory negligence.
A totally or partially blind pedestrian not carrying a cane as described in Section 21-7-6 or any totally or partially blind person not using a guide dog in any of the places, accommodations, or conveyances listed in Sections 21-7-2 and 21-7-3 shall have all of the rights and privileges conferred by law upon other persons, and the failure of a totally or partially blind pedestrian to carry such a cane or of a totally or partially blind person to use a guide dog in any such places, accommodations, or conveyances shall not be held to constitute nor be evidence of contributory negligence.
(Acts 1975, No. 869, p. 1711, §3.)
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