New Yorks version of baseless lawsuits

[VillageInspector]

https://nypost.com/2018/07/22/wheelchair-bound-man-demands-50k-from-inaccessible-shops/

 

[mark handler]

But are they baseless lawsuits
As stated in the article: “It’s hardly extortion to have somebody comply with the law.”

 

[ADAguy]

Hmmm, NY now has an Unrhu Act? If so, it is legal bounty hunting but I don't see where it establishes a minimum payout. Have you found a copy of it MH?
If this is true then NY joins the ranks of CA, FL as litigation centrals.

 

[mark handler]

Hmmm, NY now has an Unrhu Act? If so, it is legal bounty hunting but I don't see where it establishes a minimum payout. Have you found a copy of it MH?
If this is true then NY joins the ranks of CA, FL as litigation centrals.

Have not looked

 

[conarb]

But are they baseless lawsuits
As stated in the article: “It’s hardly extortion to have somebody comply with the law.”

“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.” Abraham Lincoln

 

[VillageInspector]

Just an update

https://nypost.com/2018/07/25/wheelchair-bound-man-who-sues-inaccessible-shops-can-walk/

https://nypost.com/2018/07/26/lawyer-slams-brakes-on-walking-clients-wheelchair-lawsuits/

https://nypost.com/2018/07/26/lawsuit-scams-go-way-beyond-the-wheelchair-con/

And people wonder why folks in our profession are cynical ?

 

[ADAguy]

You find this surprising? Opportunists come in many flavors and that includes contractors too.

 

[steveray]

Why is he tied to the wheelchair? Seems like insult to injury to me...

 

[ADAguy]

A prop, so he doesn't fall out of it from laughing at all the fools who paid him.

 

[ICE]

Whether he needs a wheelchair or not matters not. How can you tell by looking at him? He chooses to use a wheelchair and can’t access the businesses that he targets.

 

[conarb]

Whether he needs a wheelchair or not matters not. How can you tell by looking at him? He chooses to use a wheelchair and can’t access the businesses that he targets.

Whether he needs a wheelchair or not matters not. How can you tell by looking at him? He chooses to use a wheelchair and can’t access the businesses that he targets.

So we can all go out and buy wheelchairs and run around suing people? I've got an old walker my mother had. will that do?

 

[ICE]

I've got an old walker my mother had. will that do?

As long as you aren't doing handstands. You can collect the lawyer’s fee. I’ll haul you around, what with me being a professional driver and all. Can we get a walker in the Viper?