Disabled youth wins legal battle
Posted by bruce on Jan 19, 2009 in Disability Access News
A disabled teenager who tackled the Royal Bank of Scotland after it failed to cater for his needs has won a major legal challenge. David Allen, 17, from Sheffield, has muscular dystrophy. He launched the challenge after the bank failed to provide wheelchair access at a branch. Sheffield County Court ruled the bank breached disability law by not having the access...
Read MoreBetty’s plea for disabled access
Posted by bruce on Jan 2, 2009 in Disability Access News
9:30am Sunday 14th December 2008 By Ali Dent
Read MoreEast County Businesses Sued Over Disabled Access
Posted by bruce on Jan 2, 2009 in Disability Access News
Filings Occur Before State Law Takes Effect By HEATHER CHAMBERS San Diego Business Journal Staff Small-business owners in the East County have become the subject of the latest round of lawsuits claiming that people with disabilities were denied access. Theodore Pinnock, an attorney who has filed more than 1,000 lawsuits in San Diego
Read MoreAccess Group celebrating new train station lift
Posted by bruce on Jan 2, 2009 in Disability Access News
Thursday, January 01, 2009, 15:00 Kent & Sussex Courier THE TUNBRIDGE Wells Area Access Group is celebrating after one of its 10-year campaigns for accessible lifts has paid off and two more have moved a step closer. Tunbridge Wells train station, on Mount Pleasant Road, will have a lift installed ready to be operational by the summer. The Adult Education...
Read MoreLawsuits by the Disabled: Abuse of the System?
Posted by bruce on Jan 2, 2009 in Disability Access News
By Alison Stateman / Los Angeles Monday, Dec. 29, 2008 Jarek Molski, 38, is a bit of a legend in legal circles. Disabled in a 1985 motorcycle accident that left him a paraplegic, he has filed 400 lawsuits against businesses under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), alleging access violations. He was dubbed a “hit-and-run plaintiff” in 2004 by...
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