Comments on: Justice: Disabled Dude Barred From….Suing

By: tomw

tomw — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:43:00 +0000

Why is this not considered extortion? Where does this complainant have standing if he never was even on premise? How was the complainant injured or made to suffer?
I am not a LLD, but it seems that *I* could file a suit just as applicable based on the non-compliance with EEO regulation.
Oh,wait. These are members of the bar, who took an oath…
tom

By: Cousin Dave

Cousin Dave — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:56:57 +0000

I believe this is the same guy who was allowing himself to be used as the plaintiff-of-record by a law firm (whose name I have gone blank on) which was basically running an extortion racket. They’d go to a business, and without even making any specific charges, offer to make it all go away for a five-figure payment. Many of the lawsuits for which this guy was the plaintiff were businesses that he had never actually visited and had no idea where they were.

By: Mr. Chuckles

Mr. Chuckles — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:02:20 +0000

I know this story all too well. This guy ran up and down the Cali coast suing anyone and everyone. I was contacted by a local business that was freaked out about him and they asked me to bring their business up to ADA standards immediately. I was so busy at the time that I couldn’t get the work done (they wanted it done that week), and I felt truly bad for the owner. I was able to refer them to someone else and they brought it up to snuff, but I’m sure at a considerable cost. Glad to see this jackass knocked out of the litigation scam he was running. Business here is already far too expensive.

By: wdnorman54

wdnorman54 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:36:16 +0000

“I know of no better way to insure the repeal of an UNJUST law than it’s RUTHLESS application”
- attrib. U.S. Grant (I think)