In late July two lawsuits were filed in the Northern District of Texas that make a radical new claim under the ADA. The plaintiff claims that store owners violated the ADA by failing to keep those without disabilities from parking in accessible parking spaces. Just how the property owner is supposed to keep accessible parking free from poaching isn’t entirely clear. There is a suggestion that the owner should call the police, but the same lawyers also sued the City of Burleson claiming that was violating the ADA by failing to enforce accessible parking laws. If the owner calls the police and they don’t come has he done enough?
Also left unanswered is question of how much personal risk the owner or its employees are supposed to undertake in the cause of disability rights. Short of a polite request to the authorities there isn’t much an owner More