Captioning Suit

Arizona's largest movie theater chain has agreed to install closed captioning in half of its theaters to settle a lawsuit. Harkins Theaters runs 25 theaters in Arizona and says the installation will be completed by next summer. Five years ago, the Attorney General’s Office and the Center for Disability Law filed the suit claiming Harkins violated ADA law by not providing captioning in enough of its facilities. A judge ruled in the the company's favor, but an appeals court overturned that decision. Harkin's theaters in California, Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas are not affected by the settlement.