ADA Law & Lawsuits - Section 10
ADA Law & Lawsuits Online Class • 11m
In this section, we cover the reasons why so many of these lawsuits are filed against American businesses, and what a disabled plaintiff can hope to achieve by suing a business for ADA noncompliance. This includes coverage of the injunctions that disabled plaintiffs seek against businesses that they sue, as well as attorney’s fees and litigation costs that are always demanded from businesses as part of any lawsuit settlement.
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ADA Law & Lawsuits - Section 11
In this section, we cover the fact that thousands of these lawsuits are filed by a relatively small number of disabled plaintiffs, often referred to as serial lawsuit filers, or “tester plaintiffs.” The concept of the tester lawsuit in the civil rights context is discussed, including how it has t...
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ADA Law & Lawsuits - Section 12
In this section, we discuss some final issues, including ways for businesses to check whether they are ADA compliant (other than looking up the rules themselves), and certain benefits and advantages of becoming ADA compliant (other than avoiding lawsuits) such as creating access for disabled indi...
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ADA Law & Lawsuits - Bonus Section
In the bonus materials, we review actual ADA lawsuits that have been filed in court, and we track the allegations to demonstrate how they line up with the topics and issues discussed throughout this class. We also review actual court-filed defenses in ADA cases, and we compare those to the exempt...
