Double amputee continues legal spree by suing Ralph Lauren

NY Post ^ | 08/06/2014 | EMILY SMITH

[Kid Shelleen]

Zoltan Hirsch — a double amputee in a wheelchair dubbed “Hell on Wheels” by The Post in 2011 after he filed 87 federal claims in one year against city businesses, arguing they were not wheelchair-accessible — is continuing his campaign. ---SNIP--- Hirsch, who lives in Borough Park, goes through other neighborhoods, block by block, looking for places that are not accessible. His lawsuits, which cite the Americans With Disabilities

[Jim Robinson]

Guy needs to get a life.

[HarleyD]

While Hirsch and his attorney B. Bradley Weitz didn’t get back to us Tuesday night, they had previously insisted they were not trying to shake down businesses but were championing the rights of the disabled.

Yeah, right.

[OldSmaj]

It would seem to me, that if this were being done by him as a thing for disabled persons, that he would not settle "quietly and confidentially", rather, he would take it to court and make the changes be ordered through the court system.

As it is, I think it's just a shakedown...unless I missed something in the article that shows where the disabled in general benefited.

[par4]

Guy is eventually going to file a suit against the wrong club and he’s going to disappear somewhere in the swamps of Jersey.

[publius911]

While Hirsch and his attorney B. Bradley Weitz didn’t get back to us Tuesday night, they had previously insisted they were not trying to shake down businesses but were championing the rights of the disabled.
Yeah, right.

California had that problem for a few years, and finally put a stop to it by "discovery" of the application of the legal concept of justice called barratry.

What a self serving use of exploitation of misery for the crude purpose of profit!

Another clear sick example of "the end justifies the means..."

That attorney should know better and be disbarred, the sooner the better. The victims should get together and file a multimillion$ suit.

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[RginTN]

Sigh, as someone who uses a wheelchair when traveling this guy annoys me. I've been to Europe and the US is the most accessible country in comparison.

[hanamizu]

I remember stopping at a winery in Temecula and being told that there was a law firm that threatened to sue over the use of lead foil to cover the corks. They would go away for only $5000. Easy money for the law firm for nothing more than delivering the threat.

[muir_redwoods]

This guy might want to be a bit careful. NYC is still a tough town and I’d guess the east river might be a tough swim for a double amputee.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This being New York, I’m surprised that somebody hasn’t contacted some “insurance salesmen” about this guy being bad for business. Not too long ago, he would have gone for a swim in a concrete wheelchair.

[omega4412]

On the other hand, Ralph Lauren has been suing polo organizations — people who actually play the sport — claiming that they are infringing his Polo Ralph Lauren
trademark. So the lawsuit against Lauren can be considered karma. Maybe someday the disabled activist will get his karma payback too.

[Foundahardheadedwoman]

Didn’t they call the swamps of Jersey the Pines, or the Barrens at one time? Someone will one day dig up Jimmy Hoffa while trying to bury someone and make a fortune from the story after he gets out of the pen.