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Squeeze Inn Owner Says Lawsuit Could Sink Him (Access Issues Violate Civil Rights, Woman Says)
MSNBC ^ | 7/8/2009 | KCRA.com

Posted on 07/08/2009 9:00:03 AM PDT by rivercat

The owner of a tiny but famous Sacramento burger joint said a lawsuit about handicapped access could shut him down.

The Squeeze Inn, known for huge mounds of melted cheese on its burgers, violates the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the lawsuit alleges.

Kimberly Block, who says she has severly limited use of her legs, argues she suffered "embarrassment and humiliation" and that her civil rights were violated because of inadequate access inside the Fruitridge Road restaurant.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; US: California
KEYWORDS: ada; civilrights; lawsuit; squeezeinn; wheelchairnazi
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To: DonaldC

” I have found that businesses will usually do whatever it takes to make sure her experience is as good as anyone’s. I think these kind of legal actions are just grabs for attention and/or $$$$.”

Exactly, I know a blind guy who goes up in his attic to run cables. he doesn’t let much slow him down. A company doesn’t/can’t make changes to accommodate him then he goes elsewhere.

The other blind guy sued Target because their website didn’t support access by blind people. This sets a precedent that every website should have to be 508 compliant adding tremendous cost. I think its still in appeal.


41 posted on 07/08/2009 9:26:09 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: karnage

I think it should depend on the size of the establishment. I can understand things such as malls and stores but not small places.


42 posted on 07/08/2009 9:26:12 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you. Ben Franklin)
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To: rivercat

I seem to recall a number of years ago that a popular deli in San Francisco was forced by the ADA Nazis to rebuild their entrance because the “back door” entry, which WAS wheelchair accessible, was “humiliating”. The deli’s answer to the lawsuit? THEY CLOSED THE RESTAURANT!!!!


43 posted on 07/08/2009 9:27:46 AM PDT by ssaftler (OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: karnage

Otherwise known as the “Full Lawyer Employment Act”.


44 posted on 07/08/2009 9:28:07 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: NMEwithin

Why should a business pay to accommodate anyone in particular? My business - my rules. What about that do you not understand? If you don’t like it, go somewhere else. DO you think someone has a “right” to a Squeeze with Cheese?


45 posted on 07/08/2009 9:29:49 AM PDT by numberonepal (Don't Even Think About Treading On Me)
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To: NMEwithin

Really?
1. It’s the owner’s property.
2. Nobody is forcing the handicapped (including your cousin) to go into these places. Government buildings - which service the citizenry - sure. Private buildings - no.

Some people want to spend everybody else’s money.

Places like this restaurant find it cost prohibitive, but some whiny gimp comes along and they have to go bankrupt accomodating them or through a lawsuit.

Pure bullshit.


46 posted on 07/08/2009 9:30:54 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: rivercat

This women is looking for FREE MONEY! She should be ASHAMED to show her face any where now. So what! there are a few places she can’t go. Me too, so send someone else in for a burger to bring out or how about GOING SOME PLACE ELSE. She should use the common sense she was born with. There are plenty of places I can’t use even with some what working legs. I don’t fault society with my handicap. I embrace what I can do and where I can go even with my struggles.


47 posted on 07/08/2009 9:30:59 AM PDT by Pilated
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To: NMEwithin

“...bar in the bathroom..”

I can get on board with that one!

;-)


48 posted on 07/08/2009 9:31:24 AM PDT by CSM (Business is too big too fail... Government is too big to succeed... I am too small to matter...)
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To: NMEwithin
“In the very least I would say a bar in the bathroom and access ..”

Why would you want a bar in the bathroom? Who would drink there?/sarc.

49 posted on 07/08/2009 9:32:37 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: rivercat
These special interest freaks only help destroy America.

Went to a supermarket the other day, and there had to be 20 damn handicap spots, all completely unoccupied except one, while the rest of the parking lot was jammed..We had to circle the parking lot 3 times just to find a spot to park.

The guy in the one handicap spot, had the placard, and simply exited his vehicle, and walked normally into the store.

This is pure BS.

50 posted on 07/08/2009 9:35:09 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Beagle8U

“In the very least I would say a bar in the bathroom and access”

This is off topic, but Larry the Cable Guy has a great skit where he discusses the “cripple stool”. Even my wife got a laugh out of that one!


51 posted on 07/08/2009 9:35:14 AM PDT by DonaldC
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To: NMEwithin

understandable.....but I do not believe the act was written to drive small business out of business....I think that it is insane to expect a small town antique shop to put in a 450 thousand dollar elevator because of the one person in town in a wheel chair ( this is an actual case )or go out of business......with all the things that are disabilities these days, it would make more sense to start your business in mexico..


52 posted on 07/08/2009 9:35:58 AM PDT by joe fonebone (When you ask God for help, sometimes he sends the Marines.)
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To: NMEwithin
Can I say McDonalds? Why shut down a food outlet just because it isn't supersized.

acknowledgements for the use of trademarked words.

53 posted on 07/08/2009 9:37:06 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: mom4melody

Did you think about changing optometrists?


54 posted on 07/08/2009 9:37:49 AM PDT by stop_fascism (Georgism is Capitalism's best, last hope)
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To: NMEwithin
Except that you promptly made a very broad and sweeping opinion:

"I see *no reason* why a business should not be *made to* adhere to the American's with Disabilities Act...."

It's the whole mindset that I believe goes against the Constitution and the American way.

55 posted on 07/08/2009 9:38:00 AM PDT by Miss Behave (OMG, my tagline is stalking me.)
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To: SJSAMPLE

I’m with you...all I am saying is that if a small low cost alternative i.e. walk-up window could be made then it would serve to accommodate everyone including the handicapped. I don’t agree that the place should be forced to spend thousands of dollars so that every portion of the building is wheelchair accessible.


56 posted on 07/08/2009 9:38:25 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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To: DonaldC
“This is off topic, but Larry the Cable Guy has a great skit where he discusses the “cripple stool”. Even my wife got a laugh out of that one!”

The first time I saw a handicapped toilet sign, I thought it meant it was out of order.

57 posted on 07/08/2009 9:39:12 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Drew68
The historic gold mining town of Julian (San Diego County) was sued by wheelchaired attorney. The judge in the case looked at his record of extortion (Law suit filed and settled for cash) threw out the case and saved the township. The attorney was later banned from any more cases

The Julian Hotel The Sign in front of the Julian Hotel
58 posted on 07/08/2009 9:39:30 AM PDT by Foolsgold ("We live in the greatest country in the world and I am going to change it" Barry O'boomarang 2008)
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To: karnage
I think the ADA is BS.

Agreed.

It's just another signpost along the Fascist road upon which our country has been descending.

59 posted on 07/08/2009 9:40:13 AM PDT by TChris (There is no freedom without the possibility of failure.)
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To: Miss Behave

True...I should have chosen my wording more carefully. Believe me nothing burns my ass more than things like mandatory smoking bans in private bars and restaurants...or anything else to that effect.


60 posted on 07/08/2009 9:40:31 AM PDT by NMEwithin
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