By Richard Hunt
“Drive-by litigation.” That is how two major real estate trade groups referred to abusive ADA litigation in a letter to Congress. Do we really think a guy in a wheelchair who couldn’t get into the bathroom is like a murderous gang member killing for sport? To be fair, many members of the plaintiffs’ bar use equally strong language when describing real estate developers and owners. I’d like to suggest that if both sides focused on real problems instead of rhetoric we would have more progress and less litigation. More