Sue for fun and profit.

[SRW]

The ADA or American Disabilities Act is a law that was put into place to force business into making their place of business accessible to disabled. The way it should work is if a business is out of compliance (no wheelchair ramps etc) someone files a complaint and the business has to comply to avoid fines.

That is how it is supposed to happen, however get an crooked lawyer and a man in a wheelchair and you end up with a money making machine.
Lets sue!!!



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After nearly 50 years in business, Roy's Drive-In in Salinas, CA has closed down. Roger Patterson worked at Roy's since 1964 and has owned it since 1977.

Facing a lawsuit that claims the popular eatery is in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the owners said it would be cheaper to retire than make all of the improvements they would need to comply with the law.

That's a shame because Roy's was a community icon, a hangout and great place for a burger and shake for generations of Salinas-area residents.

Built in the 1950s, the restaurant doesn't have the ramps that make its restrooms and order-and-pickup windows accessible to the disabled. But the owners of Roy's tried to serve everybody. "We actually take their order from their (car) window," (former) employee Jonis Phillips said.

Great. Put the man out of business because he can't afford to make the changes to the building. Even though he's serving you at your car to make up for it. Sure sounds like a reasonable compromise to me.

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But not good enough for the plaintiff, he was so humiliated that he sued Roys and 10 other businesses for 1.6 Mill.

He has filed over 200 lawsuits in the last 5 years it's not about access it's blackmail.
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Southern California resident Jarek Molski, 34, has become somewhat of a poster boy for ADA lawsuits. Paralyzed from the waist down since 1988 because of a motorcycle accident, Molski has sued 10 Monterey County businesses in U.S. District Court in the past two months, seeking more than $1.6 million from each. Add those local cases to the reported 250 to 500 Molski has filed since 2001.

Trouble is, it's easy to prey on ADA violators. Estimates are that less than 2 percent of the public buildings nationwide comply with the ADA. Most of the complaints filed against them are legitimate. Nearly every ADA case ends with a financial settlement.
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I used to own a small business, after two years of struggling I was just about to make it work when my insurance went from $3,000.00 per year to $18,000 a year. The reason? Lawsuits. Although I was never sued
the business was deemed risky. ( I rented baby furniture to tourists.)

 

[kimiko]

Southern California resident Jarek Molski, 34, has become somewhat of a poster boy for ADA lawsuits. Paralyzed from the waist down since 1988 because of a motorcycle accident, Molski has sued 10 Monterey County businesses in U.S. District Court in the past two months, seeking more than $1.6 million from each. Add those local cases to the reported 250 to 500 Molski has filed since 2001.

This makes me sick. He's disabled because he engaged in very risky behavior and now he enriches himself by suing businesses that try to accomodate him?

I've been wrestling with my university this semester over trying to get a room change for one of my classes, unsuccessfully. If only I was an immoral bitch I could make money by suing for them refusing a reasonable accomodation, but instead I'm dropping a class.

Sorry about your business.

 

[a_unique_person]

Look, everyone's been avoiding it, but it's coming, just like WWI and the Spanish Inquisition.

The Libertarian rise to power, in which all is decided by rule of law battles between individual legal entities, is about arrive.

These skirmishes are just the precursors. Soon it will be all out war, and you will be fighting on the legal front, shoulder to shoulder. Local plaintiff militias will be formed, and they will charge the benches of their co-respondents.

Gird your loins now, don your gas mask, raise your hand and swear you oath, "I will swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth". Do the trials of OJ, Jackson and Martha tell you nothing? This is the future, and it is here.

 

[SRW]

Look, everyone's been avoiding it, but it's coming, just like WWI and the Spanish Inquisition.

The Libertarian rise to power, in which all is decided by rule of law battles between individual legal entities, is about arrive.

These skirmishes are just the precursors. Soon it will be all out war, and you will be fighting on the legal front, shoulder to shoulder. Local plaintiff militias will be formed, and they will charge the benches of their co-respondents.

Gird your loins now, don your gas mask, raise your hand and swear you oath, "I will swear to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth". Do the trials of OJ, Jackson and Martha tell you nothing? This is the future, and it is here.

The fundimental flaw in your opinion is that a Libertarian government would not inact a law such as the ADA. People would be forced to have real damages and not be able to blackmail businesses.

 

[a_unique_person]

What makes you think business doesn't play this game?

I read years ago about an Australian company making surgical blades trying to make inroads into the American market. They had a competitively priced, quality product. The American market was a cosy non-competitive money making machine for a few companies.

When the Australian company appeared on the scene, they took it to court, on the basis that it was being anti-competitive and monopolistic. The action was totally baseless, but that didn't matter. What mattered was that they could do it, and they had more money. In the end, the Australian company gave up, they just didn't have the money to endure the protracted and very costly court process.

This concentration on the law suits of the predatory consumers ignores the long history of business using it's power and money to do exactly the same.

 

[SRW]

What makes you think business doesn't play this game?

I read years ago about an Australian company making surgical blades trying to make inroads into the American market. They had a competitively priced, quality product. The American market was a cosy non-competitive money making machine for a few companies.

When the Australian company appeared on the scene, they took it to court, on the basis that it was being anti-competitive and monopolistic. The action was totally baseless, but that didn't matter. What mattered was that they could do it, and they had more money. In the end, the Australian company gave up, they just didn't have the money to endure the protracted and very costly court process.

This concentration on the law suits of the predatory consumers ignores the long history of business using it's power and money to do exactly the same.

Back when I was working for an electronics company, one of our clients was an Australian company. We built a proto run of about 1000 routers for them. Before they were completed the Australian company went under. We ended up with a 2.3 million loss that quarter. It stands out in my mind because I did not get a bonus that quarter. This has nothing to do with anything but it is about a relevant as your comments above.