Phoenix-area activists, businesses go head-to-head in flood of American Disabilities Act lawsuits

accessible parking lotBy Maria Polletta | The Republic

Related: Americans with Disabilities Act wheelchair compliance in an aging nation/Jonathan Udell, Rose Law Group law clerk

Valley businesses are lambasting a recent flood of ADA-compliance lawsuits as a money grab, but disability-rights advocates say the tactic is the ‘only effective method’ to force compliance.

More than 900 parking-lot-accessibility lawsuits have been filed against businesses in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Gilbert and Chandler since February

Disability-rights advocates say the flood of lawsuits is the ‘only effective method’ to force compliance, but small businesses have called the tactic ‘extreme.’

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