This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Litigation

May 21, 2007

Disability Case Draws Praise of Advocates

RIVERSIDE - Disability-rights advocates said Friday that a Riverside man's $221,000 court judgment for complaints he made about inadequate wheelchair ramps in the city appears to be the nation's largest monetary judgment to date for a single plaintiff in a disability-access case.

By Jason W. Armstrong
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      RIVERSIDE - Disability-rights advocates said Friday that a Riverside man's $221,000 court judgment for complaints he made about inadequate wheelchair ramps in the city appears to be the nation's largest monetary judgment to date for a single plaintiff in a disability-access case.
      U.S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson on Tuesday awarded Joh...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up