[MovementConservative]

Well intentioned laws often become a cash cow for lawyers.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Bush41's biggest mistake IMO

[LurkedLongEnough]

Sets the stage for "nuisance terrorism" a la John Carry.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Follow the money.....

Cohen is NOT in this for charity.

[My2Cents]

Poorly written article. I assume that Cohen is wheelchair-bound, which these facilities don't easily accomodate. Better solution: Mr. Cohen getting a narrower wheelchair.

[edcoil]

"how are we supposed to get our civil rights?"

What civil right do you have to go to someone else's property to the bathroom and they have to make any changes for you?

[longtermmemmory]

The disabled people are getting a cut RIGHT IN FRONT! The "expert" used by the lawyer generally does the bird dogging (acts as runner) and finds the law suit and then collects an expert fee.

There are many ADA "experts" whose only qualification is the fact they are in a wheel chair.

The ADA is an unfunded mandate which is using the lawyers as a defacto government agency paid by the targets. These complaints are generally nit picking. Very few are shocking violations.

[Alberta's Child]

If I owned an establishment that faced a lawsuit like this, I'd put locks on all the bathrooms and put big signs on them that say "FOR MEMBERS ONLY."

Some @sshole who does not belong to a private club has no business forcing it to accommodate him.

[RW_Whacko]

The walls at the Carolina Club were about an inch too narrow under the Americans with Disabilities Act.

An inch too narrow for what?

[TChris]

Ah yes, the ADA. Another legacy of the "small government" party. :-/

[TChris]

"I have never made five cents or anything. Yes, the lawyers get rich on this, but you know what, what is our choice?" the Coral Springs man said. "If the companies will not voluntarily comply, how are we supposed to get our civil rights?"

Handicapped access to a business is now a civil right. Killing your unborn child is now a civil right. Leaking classified information in a time of war is a civil right. Disrupting the funerals of fallen soldiers is a civil right. Being free from offense is a civil right. Having the income of "the rich" given to you is a civil right. Being fed and clothed and housed and doctored and pampered is a civil right.

Some days, our government just makes me physically ill.

[TChris]

"...Yes, the lawyers get rich on this, but you know what, what is our choice?" the Coral Springs man said.

Umm... How about patronizing another business?

[Tench_Coxe]

"...companies will not voluntarily comply.."

Where have I heard this one? Oh yeah, the IRS.

[Mamzelle]

He never got a nickle, huh? Right.

[sportutegrl]

"Sure, someone is making money off of these lawsuits," said Ruth Colker, a professor of law at Ohio State University. "But the problem with this statute is that there is no effective enforcement mechanism if we don't have these kinds of lawsuits."

Enforcement by lawsuit is wrong. What is wrong is that the prosecutor, (plaintiff lawyer), is benefiting financially from what is clearly a punitative, act. The defendant should be given rights afforded any other accused.

[SuziQ]

Robert Cohen and his attorney sued the place in 2003, saying he felt discriminated against, even though he was not a club member and had no interest in joining.

This alone should have disqualified the suit.

[BerniesFriend]

Disabled people are not supposed to receive monetary damages from lawsuits over alleged ADA violations, but their attorneys receive fees. Some court-watchers suspect that some disabled people are getting a cut under the table from their attorneys and that these bursts of lawsuits are nothing but shakedown attempts.

You know..I hate audits..but what if the IRS would audit these "fronts"..and ask where they get their monies..I know..the scumbags who use disabled people for their benifits would scream louder..but come on..this is such a fraud..my two cents..