Perspective
Jun. 23, 2016
Jury still out on whether bill will stymie access lawsuit abuse
It remains to be seen whether Senate Bill 269 will have the impact its advocates desire: reduce the extraordinary number of ADA-access lawsuits. By Elizabeth B. Stallard
The availability of statutory civil damages for disability access violations under state law, paired with the availability of attorney fees recovery under federal law, has made pursuing access claims a very lucrative endeavor in California. In fact, according to statistics reported by NBC News in February 2014, an examination of all federal access lawsuits filed between 2005 and 2013 indicated that the number of access law...
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