Tribunal rules obese woman should get better parking spot

http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100211/mtl_obese_parking100211/20100211/?hub=MontrealHome

MONTREAL — A morbidly obese Quebec woman with numerous health problems has won her legal fight for a better parking spot.

Not only has Marise Myrand won that parking upgrade outside her condominium, but her condo association has been slapped with a $10,000 penalty for refusing her request.

The move came in a precedent-setting ruling distributed Wednesday by a tribunal of the Quebec Human Rights Commission.

The 57-year-old resident of Ste-Marie, Que., weighs 389 lbs., suffers from diabetes, needs a wheelchair, and gets help breathing from an oxygen tank.