Trapped for 42 Days Disabled Woman Freed From Virginia Hotel Prison: ‘I Hope She Sues'

Woman Trapped In Hotel Room For 6 Weeks—Disabled Guest Abandoned After Elevator Broke - View from the Wing

The wheelchair-bound woman was trapped in her hotel room for 42 days after the building’s only elevator broke down. No backup plan. No safe alternative. No urgency from management. Continue reading Woman Trapped In Hotel Room For 6 Weeks—Disabled Guest Abandoned After Elevator Broke...

Trapped for 42 Days Disabled Woman Freed From Virginia Hotel Prison: ‘I Hope She Sues'

When you book a hotel stay, you usually expect decent service and a comfortable experience, especially since you’re paying for it. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case for a disabled woman in Virginia. Joy Patton and her husband Matt were staying at the Woodspring Suites Extended Stay hotel and had a room on the fourth floor. Since Joy uses a wheelchair, the only way for her to reach the ground level was by elevator. But then the elevator broke d…