ADA Defense Lawyers Prolong Litigation and Postpone Access: A Case Study of Litigation Abuse Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits disability discrimination by private businesses. Lawyers who defend noncompliant businesses argue that their opposing counsel —…
H.R. 620 = Amnesty for Access
Congress is considering a bill — H.R. 620 — that would absolve all businesses currently in violation of the access requirements of Title III of the ADA — in place since 1990 — and permit them to wait to receive…
Disability Law United, Disabled Professional Women File Amicus Brief Supporting Title III Class Actions
When an accessibility barrier at a chain of businesses affects people with similar disabilities in the same way — narrow queue lines at a restaurant; steps at the entrance to a store; parking lots with excessive slope — the most…
Court Grants Final Approval of Hotel Transportation Class Settlement
On May 3, 2016, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of a class action settlement and certified a settlement class in Disability Law United et al. v. RLJ Lodging Trust. RLJ owns…
Court Grants Final Approval of Hotel Transportation Settlement — Disability Law United v. Ashford Hospitality Trust
On March 22, 2016, Magistrate Judge Donna M. Ryu of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval to a class action settlement in Disability Law United et al. v. Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. Ashford…
Courts Grant Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlements in Cases Challenging Inaccessible Transportation at Hotels
In December 2015 and January 2016, two district courts in the Northern District of California granted preliminary approval of class action settlements in cases involving accessible transportation at hotels. The cases, brought by Disability Law United, Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition, and…
Amicus Success in the Ninth Circuit
The Ninth Circuit decided yesterday that that you cannot moot a Title III case by keeping the challenged policy and making an exception only for the plaintiff. In Butler v. WinCo Foods, LLC, — Fed. App’x —, 2015 WL 3377837…
Disability Law United in Court: Deaf Dad Sues Pueblo’s Parkview Medical Center Over Failure to Provide Interpreter
George Baca filed a lawsuit today against Parkview Medical Center of Pueblo, CO in the U.S. District Court in Colorado. The lawsuit asserts that Parkview denied Mr. Baca, who is deaf and communicates using American Sign Language, a sign language…