Sick Do Not Have To
Line Up At Supermarkets, Court Rules
The Sala Constitucional (Constitutional
Court) has ruled that supermarkets are
obligated to treat as sick person or a
person showing signs of an illness, in the
same way they treat and elder or
handicapped.
The ruling comes from a "recurso amparo"
(appeal) filed by a customer of the
Corporación Supermercados Unidos (Mas X
Menos) in Plaza America, in Hatillo 8, that
had to endure a long line at the Servimás
counter though it was evident that he was
ill.
Servimás is the financial window at Mas X
Menos stores.
The man, identified as Morales Jiménez, said
in his filing that he had to stand a long
line even though he had notified staff
supermarket of his health condition, who is
a disabled pensioner for his problems with
hearing and suffers from nausea if standing
too long.
The court said that the supermarket should
have taken the necessary actions to attend
to its customer, giving priority to sick
customers the same way it gives priority to
the handicapped, seniors and pregnant women.
In its ruling, the judges emphasized that
special attention should be given by private
enterprises as well as public ones.
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