Government
May 3, 2012
Senate leader joins bill limiting disability suits
In a surprise move, Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, has signed onto a bill seeking to limit the monetary demands made against businesses in disability access lawsuits.
By Emily Green
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In a surprise move, Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, has signed onto a bill seeking to limit the monetary demands made against businesses in disability access lawsuits.
The bill previously introduced by Sen. Bob Dutton, R-Rancho Cucamonga would have required plaintiffs to alert businesses of their intent to sue and give them 90 days to fix the issue. That bill, SB 1186, has been amended to say that pl...
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