Comments on: California: “Lawmakers kill fix for disability access suits” https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/08/california-lawmakers-kill-fix-for-disability-access-suits/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:04:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: MJS https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/08/california-lawmakers-kill-fix-for-disability-access-suits/comment-page-1/#comment-124894 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:04:53 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=24138#comment-124894 And the next time I see a clearly disabled person utilizing one of the multiple designated disabled parking spots in my local mall will be the first……………….

These spots are either not used or utilized by fakers or the family of a disabled person.

]]> By: William Nuesslein https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/08/california-lawmakers-kill-fix-for-disability-access-suits/comment-page-1/#comment-124865 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:42:22 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=24138#comment-124865 If wheelchair people were a significant market, then diners would have ramps as they have coffee urns. The ramps are required as a charitable policy for our fellow citizens who need them. But there is a radio spot running on Bloomberg radio, in which spot a man with a disability says that no unauthorized person should park in a space for the disabled for even a short time, as “one minute is one minute too long” for him. Billions are expended under ADA, the vast majority of such expenditures being on wasteful under-underutilized accommodations, and this jackass can not expend even one minute of time for a sap that is so generous to him.

]]> By: MJS https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/08/california-lawmakers-kill-fix-for-disability-access-suits/comment-page-1/#comment-124707 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:52:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=24138#comment-124707 Agreed. This act is one of the biggest boondoggles in American jurisprudence.

]]> By: Richard Nieporent https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/08/california-lawmakers-kill-fix-for-disability-access-suits/comment-page-1/#comment-124692 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:51:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=24138#comment-124692 Did anyone really believe that the ADA was anything other than a full employment act for lawyers? The ostensible purpose for the ADA was to enable more disabled people to get and keep a job. That has not happened. Instead it has enabled lawyers to extort money from businesses that are accused of being technically non-compliant with the law because for example a mirror in a restroom is a couple of inches too high.

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