The Gazette reported in 2015 that the city and El Paso County had fallen well short of the spirit and the letter of the ADA, leaving buildings and pathways inaccessible to the then-estimated 66,000 people with disabilities in the county. Many of those shortcomings fell into an unquantified backlog of noncompliance. More than two years later, many of those shortcomings remain unquantified.
A local man’s four-year battle to prove he was illegally fired by Ada County paid off this week, when a jury awarded him $1.7 million for wrongful termination. Rich Wright said Thursday the decision was vindication that the fight had been worth it.
They call themselves advocates for the disabled but serial ADA lawsuit filers have now inspired a Florida lawmaker to take action. Florida Representative Tom Leek (R- Daytona Beach) recently filed a bill that gives businesses the opportunity to fight ADA lawsuits become they’re served with papers. Here’s how it would work. …
The Justice Department filed a proposed consent decree today to resolve allegations that Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by using inaccessible classroom and other technologies. Under the consent decree, which is pending court approval, Miami University will make significant improvements to ensure that technologies across all its campuses are …
The Riverbend Market and Eatery is closing its doors next month and the owners said it’s because of a lawsuit. Riverbend employs 30 people and in the 18 months it has been open and it has quickly become one of the busiest restaurants in the area. But Riverbend is getting ready to close on Oct. 30.
The YMCA of the Triangle has adopted a new non-discrimination policy as a result of a 2013 lawsuit from a father who said an after-school program declined to accept his son who has Type I diabetes. Bruce Hatcher, whose son was a kindergartner at Underwood GT Magnet Elementary School at the time, said YMCA officials told him that they do not administer shots and …