“Which is probably why Jose Martinez, who had filed 41 disability lawsuits in the past...”
I served on a jury for case involving a professional disability plaintiff, like this chap. In Orange County CA like this case.
And our jury saw through his methods, and he walked away with a big zero.
The plaintiff’s MO is to sue small food service places; Mom & Pop types, with shallow pockets, over accessibility issues. The cases often do not go to trial.
He took on a local Del Taco restaurant. They decided to defend with vigor. Their lawyer was super sharp, whereas the plaintiff had a crappy lawyer.
To the plaintiff and his lawyer, it was merely a numbers game. Roll the dice enough and they win a few.
We had a diverse jury, and at first the seemed to fall for it. But a couple of us went back over the story, and they remembered he was a pro at this.
And they were reminded it was business owners like in their own communities, that were victimized, driving up costs, prices, etc.
The plaintiff in our case was wheelchair bound, from a dirt bike accident as a teen/young adult, riding off road.
He did well enough for extended vacations to Hawaii and a Rolex watch, pointed out be the defense team.
But we said, no—no payoff from this jury.
Very interesting!
My heart goes out to this man because of his disability, but I am so against lawsuits such as this one and the one you describe.
When I was reading about Disneyland/Disneyworld today, I was
couldn’t believe the numerous lawsuits accusing the Disney characters of racism. Geez...my family is white and I remember Mickey Mouse couldn’t take photos with my kids many years ago. No big deal.
People just look for the big companies and try to sue for the money. I worked for United Airlines, and you couldn’t believe what people tried to pull off and sue.
Two stand out. One woman told me she probably just got hepatitis because the drink I just served her had urine in it. She said she’d sue.
Another guy said he would sue us...that he cut his finger on his pen knife because he couldn’t open the bag of peanuts we gave him without using his knife.
One first class passenger told me, after a first class and attentive service, that he’d complain about it because that’s how he gets to sit in first class. They compensate him for bad service. I wanted to slap him!
I could go on and on...greedy people...
I know of that a hole caused lots of trouble for an auto repair place we sell to