valhalla360 wrote:
...Snipped... Too many so called lawyers running around with a knowledge of ADA, and a tape and a level, who go weaseling around checking things. Then they have a list of disabled people to use in the lawsuit they file against the business, contractor, code official, municipality etc, and its off to the bank. Usually ends up as a nice cushy settlement that is kept as quiet as possible and amounts to legalized extortion. More of that happens than most people realize. I've sat in the dispositions. ...Snipped...
Here in Phoenix we just recently had a spat of ADA laywers doing just that. Would go to local businesses, look for ADA signs. Measure them, then if they were incorrect, would then sue said business for anywhere from $7,500 to $10,000 for being out of compliance. If the business balked or corrected the problem and asked to be rechecked, said lawyers would increase the amount of the suit. The Attorney General of AZ finally stepped in and stopped them in their tracks. The AG said that it amounted to legalized extortion with no way for the affected businesses to resolve the issue other than paying the money. The company behind it has moved to other cities attempting to do the same thing.
I understand the reasoning for the ADA laws...But when shady people use said laws strictly to line their pockets...I kind of agree with Shakespeare saying, "Let's kill all the lawyers" from his play 'Henry VI'.
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