Lady McBeth notoriously had a problem with some blood she needed to get rid of. It wasn’t a lot, but suppose she wanted to unload a pint of plasma at her local donation center. Would she be going to a service establishment subject to the ADA, or would this be some other kind of commercial transaction? That question is the subject of a recent DOJ Statement of interest that I’ll discuss in a minute. First though let’s take a look at buying and selling things in general. More
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It almost worked, and then it got worse: An ADA strategy lesson.
By Richard Hunt in Accessibility Litigation Trends, ADA, ADA FHA Litigation General, Doctors, Hospitals, Medical, Medical, Professional services Tags: ada litigation, ADA pleading, ADA standing, Doctors, Hospitals, Medical, private lawsuits, private litigants
The defendants in Association for Disabled Americans v. Reinfeld Anderson Family LTD, PRT, 2015 WL 1810536 (S.D. Fla. 2015) came within minutes of total victory on a motion to dismiss, but failed in the end. The case is a study in ideas with superficial appeal that can actually make things worse. More