Defendant's lawyer in an ADA action said, "Weitz seems to be exploiting the Americans with Disabilities Act, which allows the payment of attorney fees." Judges can issue sanctions for frivolous actions. Why is this reported only for ADA violations?
US Rep. Duncan Hunter said, "These lawsuits are often intended for personal profit, not for the reason of ensuring access to places of public accommodation." When millionaire thug athletes use the ADA for deterring liability for illegal drug abuses, why is there no concern from lawmakers?
If thousands of retail businesses did not permit people of color to enter their businesses and one man sued hundreds of them, would it be reported like this? Bias and denial of access among civilians, journalists, courts and law enforcement against persons with disabilities demands attention. This is one way to get it. The many taxpayer funded agencies and lawyers paid to enforce disability rights seldom do so.
What about the brutal illegal treatment of persons accused of mental illness - a legal disability? They are demonized as dangerous violent criminals for wanting not to be forcibly drugged and they are ignored. Why are equal civil and constitutional rights denied to disabled persons?
[From article]
"Weitz seems to be exploiting the Americans with Disabilities Act, which allows the payment of attorney fees, according to one lawyer who defended a business sued by Hirsch.
[. . .]
"These lawsuits are often intended for personal profit, not for the reason of ensuring access to places of public accommodation," [Rep. Duncan] Hunter said.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/bullying_city_biz_owners_is_how_5zkNB8UPfdNwrGSovSDyKI
Brooklyn amputee suing barrage of businesses that aren't handicapped accessible
By ISABEL VINCENT and MELISSA KLEIN
New York Post
Last Updated: 7:05 AM, June 5, 2011
Posted: 12:55 AM, June 5, 2011
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