(Small Town)Julian hit by legal firestorm

SAN DIEGO UNION ^ | Dec. 24, 2005 | J. Harry Jones

[Roux]

ADA is one of the worst laws ever enacted. Bob Dole should be ashamed of himself.

[thecabal]

Well, I give him credit for finding a shakedown niche that Jesse Jackson hasn't taken yet.

[Principled]

Just let the creep pay for the modifications himself! He gives disabled people a bad name. He doesn't speak for me!

[Squantos]

Well if there's no ADA type of safety for lawyers in wheelchairs then invite him back to negotiate.........anything can happen........:o)

Problem solved.

[sgtbono2002]

So this guy just rolls from town to town in his wheelchair extorting money from small businesses who cant afford to accomodate the ADA . They either pay up or close up. Nice little scam he has going here. The ADA has cost Billions in this country from tearing up sidewalks and putting in ramps where no handicapped person has ever been, to lowering urinals they still cant reach.

This guy is no more than a legal con-artist. A shyster lawyer with a scam. Calling himself a "Warrior for the Disabled". He should call himself a disabled crook.

[Lurker]

It's the "Attorneys Dreams Answered" Act.

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[thecabal]

He should call himself a disabled crook.

*ahem*

That's differently-abled crook.

[Trajan88]

Is the silk pony Breck "Girl" (aka John Edwards) involved here?

[BluStaCon]

I saw this happening down in FL These scumbags would bring their tape measure to the handicap bathroom and mearure things like rail heights and door widths. If they varied from the code they filed against them. What a crock of S***!!

[pointsal]

This mistaken use of the legal system killed several restaurants in San Luis Obispo County.

[JimRed]

(In my sweetest Mr. Rogers voice) "Can you say blackmail? I knew you could!"

[A. Pole]

But Pinnock, who has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair, offered a solution. Enter into negotiations with him, pay somewhere between $2,500 and $4,000 to the attorney for his fee and agree to correct the accessibility issues at their businesses. The alternative: Face trial and the exorbitant legal fees that would likely follow.

Hmm. I know the case of churches which cannot (it is too expensive) modify/enlarge their buildings because they would have to install elevators and ramps, so the people in wheelchairs could move without using others people help.

[Newbomb Turk]

This guy is just making tons of money screwing people. He has sued thousands of business in South Cal in the past few years.

He is responsible for the closure of one of the origional drive in restraunt hangouts in South Cal it was in Hot Rod Mag a few years back.

[ErnBatavia]

He gives disabled people a bad name

Yeah, but he's probably got the rest of the legal "profession" grimacing that they didn't think of this scam first.

[radar101]

He says he has done nothing unethical. "All lawyers recover fees and damages. If the public doesn't like that, take it up with the lawmakers. I only apply the law." ....................................................... Lesson from Law School(And I went for two years):Get rid of your Conscience--it only gets in the way of a good job!...................................................... He said that since the Julian letters went out, his life has been threatened by an anonymous caller and complaints have been filed against him with the state bar. ... DUH!? Wonder why?

[Liberty Wins]

Will sue for food.

This guy probably got his first commie/lawyer/scum lessons from the ACLU.

[litehaus]

"ADA is one of the worst laws ever enacted. Bob Dole should be ashamed of himself."

ADA is ANOTHER damn "full employment" scheme for the excess stock of lawyers grown from the attitudes of the 60's and 70's......OL' Will was RIGHT!

[VeniVidiVici]

"On one hand, we needed to be made aware of the issue, which he did," said Elke Mussen, owner of Julian Drug Store and Candy Mine. "But it seems like he's doing this more or less professionally. I think it should be done differently."

THANK YOU, SIR! MAY I HAVE ANOTHER?