Massachusetts Superior Court August 17, 2001, No. CA90114A (Kuketz v. MDC Fitness Corp.)

Gants, J.

The plaintiff, Stephen Kuketz, has been in a wheelchair since 1991, when he became a paraplegic. He also is an accomplished athlete, having prevailed in enough wheelchair raquetball competitions to become in 1995 a nationally ranked wheelchair racquetball player. Since the fall of 1994, Kuketz has been a member of the defendant Brockton Athletic *512Club (“the Club”).