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Small Businesses Face Surge of Disability Lawsuits
Small-business are facing a sharp increase in disabled-access lawsuits in the wake of a federal appeals-court ruling that allowed so-called disabled “testers” — private individuals who aren’t patrons but visit businesses to check for violations — to take the owners to court. For the year through June 30, plaintiffs filed 1,939 lawsuits under a section of the federal disability law setting out accessibility requirements for businesses and other public places. That’s up nearly 55% from 1,254 over the year-earlier period, according to Washington, D.C.-based law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP, which reviewed court records. Many of the lawsuits originated in California, New York and Florida ...Read More