Sue Businesses Who Don't Follow Handicap Rules?

[shoutoutgen]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
US

Do you have to be handicapped to sue people who don't follow the handicapped laws?
There are tons of places who don't follow handicap laws.

 

[Proserpina]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
US

Do you have to be handicapped to sue people who don't follow the handicapped laws?
There are tons of places who don't follow handicap laws.

And which "handicap laws" would these be?

Which "tons of places" don't follow these "handicap rules"?

(Do you understand why I asked the questions?)

 

[quincy]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
US

Do you have to be handicapped to sue people who don't follow the handicapped laws?
There are tons of places who don't follow handicap laws.

What is the name of your state, shoutoutgen?

Are your questions on the forum tonight connected to real life legal issues you are facing, or are you just asking the questions because you are a curious sort?

 

[drruthless]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
US

Do you have to be handicapped to sue people who don't follow the handicapped laws?
There are tons of places who don't follow handicap laws.

No, all you need is an ambulance chasing Attorney who's as lazy as the OP is greedy.
I doubt the OP cares a rats @ss about the handicap. The motivation here is money.
In Calif there are people who will sue you if you are even the slightest little little bit out of compliance.
They pray on small business who would rather settle out of court than deal with the expense it would take to bring their buildings up to code for such trivial things like a towel dispenser one inch too high or handicap parking needing to be repainted.
Granted there are issues that need to be addressed but in a lot of cases what they are doing is just a form of legal extortion

 

[cbg]

And do you know for an absolute fact that these business are subject to the laws in question?

Do not make the mistake of assuming that all businesses are subject to all the laws to which you are probably referring. If you ask politely I'll provide a real life example.

 

[quincy]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
US

Do you have to be handicapped to sue people who don't follow the handicapped laws?
There are tons of places who don't follow handicap laws.

shoutoutgen, following are two links that direct you to ADA laws, the first "A Guide to Disability Rights Laws" and the second to "ADA Enforcement" with cases from 2006 to the present.

http://www.ada.gov/cguide.htm

http://www.ada.gov/enforce_current.htm

You are correct that there are "tons of places who don't follow handicap laws" but, as cbg notes, not all businesses are subject to all of the laws.

 

[shoutoutgen]

No, all you need is an ambulance chasing Attorney who's as lazy as the OP is greedy.
I doubt the OP cares a rats @ss about the handicap. The motivation here is money.
In Calif there are people who will sue you if you are even the slightest little little bit out of compliance.
They pray on small business who would rather settle out of court than deal with the expense it would take to bring their buildings up to code for such trivial things like a towel dispenser one inch too high or handicap parking needing to be repainted.
Granted there are issues that need to be addressed but in a lot of cases what they are doing is just a form of legal extortion

Absolutely in California people sue you without compliance.
I've had many friends sued for the littlest reasons. The table isn't high enough. It's not far enough.
That is ridiculous.
If my friends get sued, we should be able to sue others. (In my defense for sue happy people)

 

[Proserpina]

Absolutely in California people sue you without compliance.
I've had many friends sued for the littlest reasons. The table isn't high enough. It's not far enough.
I think our government should be sued. That is ridiculous.
If my friends get sued, we should be able to sue others.

You're making absolutely no sense and, what's worse, you're actually ignoring the legal reality.

 

[shoutoutgen]

You're making absolutely no sense and, what's worse, you're actually ignoring the legal reality.

Let me give you an example, one of my friends was sued, because there isn't enough space between the handicapped table and regular table.

First think from a businesses perspective. If it's not a restaurant, and a sit in place, that is a lot of sqaure feet. So instead of 3 feet. It was 1. Now, this layout was done not by my friend, by the builder of the company.

Now, almost the next door neighbors of the businesses...dont even have a handicapped table.
It is a pizza restaurant. It's super small.

 

[Proserpina]

Let me give you an example, one of my friends was sued, because there isn't enough space between the handicapped table and regular table.

First think from a businesses perspective. If it's not a restaurant, and a sit in place, that is a lot of sqaure feet. So instead of 3 feet. It was 1. Now, this layout was done not by my friend, by the builder of the company.

Now, almost the next door neighbors of the businesses...dont even have a handicapped table.
It is a pizza restaurant. It's super small.

So at best you're comparing a lump of dough to an artisan pizza. A super small pizza restaurant may have completely different requirements to its neighboring business. Do you realize that? Have you looked into which laws apply when and to where?

 

[Silverplum]

Let me give you an example, one of my friends was sued, because there isn't enough space between the handicapped table and regular table.

First think from a businesses perspective. If it's not a restaurant, and a sit in place, that is a lot of sqaure feet. So instead of 3 feet. It was 1. Now, this layout was done not by my friend, by the builder of the company.

Now, almost the next door neighbors of the businesses...dont even have a handicapped table.
It is a pizza restaurant. It's super small.

It has absolutely nothing to do with you. As for your friends, tell them "fair" is for preskool. If they have a legal problem, tell them to hire an attorney.

 

[Just Blue]

*Blue smacks her like button again and again!"

 

[shoutoutgen]

So at best you're comparing a lump of dough to an artisan pizza. A super small pizza restaurant may have completely different requirements to its neighboring business. Do you realize that? Have you looked into which laws apply when and to where?

Never looked into it, do you know where I can find those laws?

 

[Proserpina]

Never looked into it, do you know where I can find those laws?

I am feeling extra helpful since my team won this weekend.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=where+can+i+find+laws+and+statutes

 

[quincy]

Never looked into it, do you know where I can find those laws?

You seriously cannot find the laws? Seriously?

Please re-read all of the posts in your thread, shoutoutgen. Links to the laws were provided for your benefit.