Comments on: “‘Somebody’s got to stop this’: New wave of ADA lawsuits hit Colorado, Southwest U.S. hard”

By: Jeremy l

Jeremy l — Sun, 19 Mar 2017 15:33:04 +0000

It’s all about greedy attorneys who extort business owners with the threat of litigation. Give all attorneys a bad name.

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 18:01:12 +0000

In reply to PaulB. Giving substantial damages to the complainant has the effect of reducing the money available to the business in violation to correct the violation.

By: bob

bob — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 03:01:49 +0000

In reply to PaulB. And why make there be a threshold? So only those businesses we really don't like (the evil companies who employ more than 100 people)? Makes no sense. Stop rewarding this kind of behavior. I'd rather see an administrative process much like Title VII that helps drive compliance than this ransom based system. ADA enforcement hasn't been about accessibility for a very long time.

By: MattS

MattS — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 01:01:13 +0000

In reply to PaulB. Allow minimal damages, but not legal fee shifting. Plaintiff must pay their own legal fees.

By: PaulB

PaulB — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 23:55:17 +0000

The obvious solution is to take away the right of filers to collect damages, at least from businesses that employ less than so many (100?) workers. The only right of the plaintiff would be to get the necessary changes made.

By: MattS

MattS — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 22:50:36 +0000

In reply to Chris Hoey. To what end? To create a whole new set of unintended consequences? The entire idea of altruistic legislation is a fundamentally broken idea.

By: gitarcarver

gitarcarver — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:27:37 +0000

The City of Cocoa Beach, Florida, announced in a Board of Adjustments meeting that there is a lawyer going through the city checking for violations of the ADA and looking to file a compliant / sue.

The City is helping the business owners as much as they can.

This is not longer about helping the disabled or given the disabled access.

This is greed. Pure and simple greed.

By: Chris Hoey

Chris Hoey — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:32:11 +0000

These unintended consequences of otherwise altruistic legislation need immediate redress.

By: mx

mx — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:05:38 +0000

Doesn’t the demand letter system just create an opportunity to cast an even wider net? The current system, messed up as it is, requires filing a lawsuit, which means there’s a public record of what you’re up to, you have to pay court costs, a judge will eventually see this thing and ask questions, etc… 70 lawsuits in two months is nothing compared to the thousands of demand letters someone could send in a month. Then you wait 60 days and sue all the non-responders, arguing that their continued violations are even more egregious because they were put on notice and took no action.