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Dec 05, 2016 · That’s why it’s called a “drive by lawsuit.”. When a lawyer or a disabled person notices violations outside a business and files suit. Mike Zayed doesn’t think the …
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was signed into federal law (applicable throughout the entire United States) on July 26, 1990.
In recent years many ADA lawsuits have been filed against businesses that conduct commerce online where their website is not accessible to the visually impaired. Blind and visually impaired internet users who are disabled under the ADA have a number of options for “reading” their computer screens and using online commerce features.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that “places of public accommodation” make reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities, including compliance with very specific architectural requirements.
Hotels must ensure that individuals with disabilities can make reservations for accessible guest rooms during the same hours and in the same manner as people who do not need accessible rooms. These regulations require that any means by which hotels take reservations must “ [i]dentify and describe accessible features in the hotels and guest rooms [.
Many of the lawsuits originated in California, New York and Florida, and most end in quick settlements, often of less than $10,000.
Small-business owners face a growing number of disabled-access lawsuits in the wake of a recent appeals-court ruling giving rise to disabled “testers,” as well as the release of detailed federal specifications for curb ramps, self-opening doors and other standards.
The following is a script from “Drive-by Lawsuits,” which aired on Dec. 4, 2016. Anderson Cooper is the correspondent. Katherine Davis and Sam Hornblower, producers. The Americans with Disabilities Act has helped improve the lives of tens of millions of people. It’s lessened discrimination against them and made everyday life more accessible.
That’s why it’s called a “drive by lawsuit.”. When a lawyer or a disabled person notices violations outside a business and files suit. Mike Zayed doesn’t think the person who sued him was a real customer because the man claimed he encountered barriers inside the store that didn’t exist.
Nolan Klein: A Google lawsuit is where the suspicion, at least, is that the property was spotted on Google, Google Earth, Google Maps, whatever the case may be, and you could see certain things from Google. You could see if there’s a pool lift or not.
Daniel Delgado owns a medical equipment repair shop in Madera, California. He is in a wheelchair due to childhood polio and has a learning disability. He didn’t know much about the Americans with Disabilities Act until, he says, he was approached by attorneys Randy and Tanya Moore.
CBS News. At first glance, this convenience store in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, may appear to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. There is a parking space for the disabled, and an access ramp to the store. But the Americans with Disabilities Act has thousands of very technical regulations, and this store is in violation.
Every private business in America that’s open to the public, millions of shops, restaurants, movie theatres, grocery stores, laundromats, nail salons , and more, have to be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Editor’s Note: In an email to CBS dated October 7, 2016, which was received prior to the airing of the report, Tanya Moore says: “No lawsuits were ever filed without client permission, nor would the fee agreements give me authority to do so.