October 5, 2020. The ADA, now thirty years old, is loaded with fraud. Some people call it “The Attorney’s Dream Answered.”
The law says anyone is disabled who claims they have significant trouble “standing, lifting, bending, reading, concentrating, or thinking.” Whom, pray tell, does this exclude?
Any disabled person acquires a legal right to request accommodations from an employer and others. The federal government and private lawyers stand ready to sue those who fail to accommodate.
The government sought to achieve progress by maximizing the number of lawsuits. What a ridiculously expensive, lawyer-enriching way to deal with any public issue! Because of the miserable tort industry, lawsuits have proliferated. Progress, not so much.
Hundreds of Florida Businesses were hit with ADA lawsuits in 2015 and 2019, demanding compensation because “the pipes in the bathrooms weren’t properly wrapped.”
Four law firms in 2019 filed more than 100 class actions, charging that retailers are marketing gift cards without Braille versions.
An obese New York hospital ex-employee sued the hospital for $10 million because she was fired after twice falling asleep on her job as an ambulance dispatcher.
A former Chicago policeman sought $75,000 in damages because he was fired after driving drunk, hitting and badly injuring a pedestrian, and leaving the scene of the accident. This violated the ADA, he maintained, because he had Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
If government stopped trying to care for the disabled, the job would be performed better and cheaper by the private sector. Call it “People Caring for People.”
