Parasitic Lawyers and the ADA

[@hajjdawood]

Lawsuits should be changed to Englands system. If you win the lawsuit, the other side pays your legal bills. It would stop these vulcher lawyers over night

[@Knez_Pavle]

Its like that in most of Europe. But the con is that a lot of these trials go on for a lot of time, because neither side wants to settle knowing the other side pays for the expenses.

[@hueydo3522]

Hajji Daoud someday my friend. Someday.

[@hueydo3522]

Врховни Вожд Супарништва but at least it will discourage those parasites lawyer who have a weak case. Which work in theory.

[@krisknowlton2658]

We need more judges to charge the lawyers with frivolous law suits. But then, lawyers and judges work hand in hand.

[@steveststst2968]

Say again.....? I'm suing someone and I win,...they pay my legal costs?

[@BuyTheDip627]

I love the way he call him a parasite

[@ridewithgnr2116]

I know three restaurants, locally, that got targeted by these “parasites.” One of them was too small to fight and so 6 people lost their jobs when the restaurant dissolved and closed down. Guaranteed that lawyer sleeps comfortably at night, having no conscience.

[@yayger825]

he's a godless sob

[@Punisher1830]

Some workplaces are toxic and hostile work environments and they abuse and mistreat employees, they will only protect disabled and reservists from discrimination and harassment ONLY when they are legally obligated to do so. Some employees there will be treat service members like human ATM machines while businesses like those will cover it up.

[@robertgary3561]

Wow that lawyer was creepy.

[@Ocyla]

I got the same vibe, like a snake in human skin.

[@pmc2999]

Makes me angry. Legal extortion. Laws but not justice.

[@VAMobMember]

I have an amputated leg and currently a damaged bad. STOSEL IS CORRECT. We need more people going to med school or engineering or teachers AND LOTS AND LOTS FEWER GOING TO LAW SCHOOL.

[@zimfan101]

4:23 “The entire legal system is driven by money.” That’s it. Period. End of sentence! It’s not there to protect or help anyone- it’s simply there to make money for the lawyers.

[@Punisher1830]

Well private conpanies are driven by money,favoritism and politics. We have ADA for a reason because companies will only prevent discrimination and harassment when legally obligated to do so, that's why they hate this law.

[@name_null0108]

You can't run an extortion racket... YES, WE CAN!!!

[@TonyLinSh]

fire those law makers.

[@alcd6333]

All the more reason why society in general hates lawyers. Ironically though, what do many parents want their kids to grow up to be? A doctor or a lawyer!

[@DoctorChained]

You wouldn't be saying that if you were ever charged with a crime or got sued. Moron.

[@Bayomeer]

@@DoctorChained Spotted the parasite.

[@DoctorChained]

@@Bayomeer am I wrong? Who's going to save your life when the pig cops come after you? That's what I thought.

[@michaelpaliden6660]

@@DoctorChained Who do you think came up with those 9 million exes incomprehensible laws ?

[@michaelpaliden6660]

EVeryone hates the king but wants the throne. Until they get it.

[@TheKajunkat]

I have seen both sides of the coin on this one. I help out a friend who was a paraplegic for a couple of years, taking him to store, restaurant, church etc. He was a big frame guy, about 6'2" if he could have stood and about 225 lb. Almost no ADA compliant bathroom was actually large enough for him and I to get into so I could help him from chair to toilet and back again. The sinks were usually at inaccessible angles and always in the way. Over the years we narrowed it down to a list of places he could actually go. Even though they were totally compliant with the regs the regs are so poorly written that they make the spaces unusable. At that time, I wished businesses would take it a little more serious and use good design practices for the facilities instead of just being compliant. The other side of the coin is when I was heading up a volunteer organization that would go into homes and modify them for people who had recently been disabled (widen doors, modify thresholds, add access ramps etc.). When we started the ramps had to be at a slope of 1 inch of rise for each 12 inches of run. This would mean if you were in a trailer house that was 34 inches off the ground you had a 34 foot long ramp (with a landing every 12 feet or so). Later on the ADA regs changed to 1 in 16 slope which meant the same ramp would now be over 45 feet long plus even more landings. It got so expensive to build and would take up most of the yard that we finally had to quit building them because we didn't have the manpower or the budget. In this case it would have been nice to have some built in exclusions for house access as opposed to business access. We could have tailored it to the need. Nope...we couldn't accept the risk of some legal vulture like this guy ruining all of us so we stopped.

[@kevintemple245]

Absolutely agree. I'm disabled, but I also worked construction for over a decade before my disability caught up to me. I think the entire bill is overly bloated with regulations that often make no sense. While some of the ADA is, in my opinion, good and even necessary, most of it is just too much red tape.

[@krisknowlton2658]

There was a lawyer, who practiced in Atlanta, told me, "It's 99.99% of lawyers that give the rest of us a bad name".

[@morici0]

“Go ahead, make my day “.

[@LittleHatori]

"You give an inch. Ppl take a mile" That's just how it is. But I'm shocked that more ppl aren't employed who r disabled...

[@zjumps33]

its exactly what he said. they are a HUGE legal liability. same with people of minorities, they pose being HUGE legal liabilities just because people play the whole "ADA" or "race" card upon termination and businesses dont want to deal with that.

[@notmuch_23]

Why don't these businesses countersue, and include both the attorney AND their law firm in the lawsuit?

[@bonda_racing3579]

You see that’s the problem these cases get so expensive that smaller businesses can’t survive and would rather bribe the money hungry lawyers

[@michaelwood9766]

Ever try to sue a lawyer? Good luck with that.

[@goldwinger5434]

Some of the rules are downright punitive to employers. I worked at a place that had a deaf woman who couldn't read lips so the company had to hire a full time translator. So they were paying two salaries to get 50% of the work done because this woman knew that she couldn't be fired.

[@calvincoolidge1207]

Couldn't they just type out instructions or use speech to text software?

[@moneygooddude]

For every one lawsuit to try to do right there are thousands that are totally frivolous! Smaller businesses can't afford to deal with such Lawyered up GARBAGE!

[@gogooshttrflshr6335]

I heard from someone that in some country a similar thing happened where a lawyer also incentivized someone to challenge and sue many businesses and he was hacked to death.

[@johnhumphrey9953]

The lawyer was right. It is all about the money. It is not about the truth, it is all about the money.

[@TabooX1984]

I've always said, insurance is just legalized racketeering. I guess lawyering now qualifies as well. 🤔

[@bhilbert11]

As a person with a disability who was able to work myself off benefits and am now employed full time. Many of these "helpful" systems and processes are hard to get off of. But I am still pro-ADA. I and millions of Americans including many people who develop impairments due to getting older have benefited from the physical access changes implemented by the ADA. The problems shown here are with the legal system over all. Having a higher threshold to obtain a right to sue would help and/ or mandatory notice of concern with an opportunity to remedy the issue prior to suit. FYI the reason round door handles are mentioned is it takes a lot more dexterity to open a round door handle than a bar style one.

[@kercchan3307]

I am about 6 foot tall, using anything ada compliant short of wider hallways and doors causing me back pain.

[@mroie]

I'm disabled just make me sick to stomach parasite lawyer.

[@TheObsesedAnimeFreaks]

this makes me not like the ADA, i never really liked it to begin with, but this makes me hate it.

[@krisknowlton2658]

If John is arrogant, then what was the lawyer?

[@SemorreButte]

Boy this type of stuff makes starting a business sound very scary

[@aliencatcrew3336]

"A round door knob is illegal?" "Oooo shit I got em all over my house, ahhhhhh I'm doing this interview and the feds are probably kicking my door down. I WANTED THE FANCY HANDLES THE FANCY HANDLES NOT THE ROUND ONES!!!!!! FFFUUUUUCCCCKKKKK!!!!! (very frantic, first day on the job as a bicycle cop, nervous however embarrassed to be and frustrated at the same time) That sentence itself round door knob illegal Is funny

[@reynaldolunajr.6909]

That ADA lawyer sounds like a gangster.

[@Celestial_Wing]

There needs to be a law to protect people and businesses from this kind of practice.

[@pnachtwey]

On top of all that shit when we built our new building we had to spend at least $100 to make our building ADA compliant even though the upstairs are places ADA people don't need to go. The shower is ADA compliant but how does a ADA person exercise enough to need a shower?

[@kevindouglas8768]

...and this is how America crumbles from the inside...

[@yayger825]

If that's the case than every business in America can be screwed over just for a round door knob.

[@methag-mm1he]

And to think a bunch of those type of lawyers are in our government.

[@Dano-uf8ys]

I really hate that lawyer, he calls stossel arrogant and that's the pot calling the kettle black. He probably got bullied in school.

[@ottoweininger8156]

Dear Americans, You aren't free, the lawyers have you in chains.

[@yayger825]

His response: "Why? Because I can."

[@AliciaGuitar]

Both university and the corporation i worked for were absolutely hostile to me when i became disabled. Early 2000s

[@mikewilson3872]

the lawyer said it's written into the legal system but it is not a lawful system it's actually corrupted through false contracts that do not give full disclosure. You need to study contract law and consent dejure or defacto time to wake up.

[@UndertakerU2ber]

There definitely needs to be revisions to the legal system to level the playing field between parties that can't afford a professional representative versus a party with deep pockets. However, lawsuits aren't strictly swayed by money. Litigants can self represent as being "pro se", and there have been self represented litigants that have won over large corporations. Robert Kearns was a famous pro se litigant who bit the bullet to fight Ford, the automotive company. It's tough, but it can be done when the facts and laws are on your side...

[@PaulMarostica]

The noncompliance lawsuits, as mentioned here, seem to be more about extortion than compliance. If it was really about compliance, a series of noncompliance warnings could be given, and only after reasonable compliance timelines have not been met would a lawsuit result.

[@CityLifeinAmerica]

Toilets with lids are illegal. Lmao! Even though it makes it more sanitary and in some cases you need to sit.

[@ItsGroundhogDay]

When big government gets involved in anything.

[@fredericksaturnine4167]

"Yes we can"... run for the hills people.

[@thomasedwin1]

I don't understand disability discrimination in employment. If you can't walk and the job requires you to walk you can't do the job, simple, that's not discrimination.

[@switchtalent123]

If it was for the principle of protecting disabled people they wouldn’t walk away for a price

[@rob1248996]

"Parasitic Lawyer" is like "poisonous snake" or "ugly transvestite" or "incompetent politician" or "stupid white woman" or "smart Asian math student" or "Intelligent liberal" or "tall basketball player" or (I guess I'd better stop now before I REALLY get into trouble)

[@edr777]

This was an eye opener. It also explains why people with service dogs have so much power, and by proxy these idiots with "emotional support dogs" who are trying to force their way under the ADAs protection. Disgusting vultures.

[@nikolai502]

This law was probably good, but the us system of suing and getting insane payoffs makes this problematic. It's a shame.

[@dinosaurusrex1482]

Sounds like blackmail

[@-theparliament-sessions6215]

Lawless state leads to anarchy which is much a nightmare.

[@Punisher1830]

ADA sounds like a good law.

[@tribequest9]

If we got rid of lawyers, politicians and police we'd have a much more peaceful and prosperous society.

[@scottmcbain913]

Write your legislature about this disgust. The state could easily say, new business must have this or that, and old business can be given a credit or tax deduction for an accomodation. Or just see through the scammers for what they are, and charge them with a crime.

[@jfletc3000]

Change the law and make loser pays

[@scottmcbain913]

Whats bad...the property owner gives up the use of the land where the ADA space is required, the owner cannot use the space unless He too is disabled, DAY or Nite, while the business is open or closed. Circumvention of good intention. These shake down or scammers (attorneys and the like) should have to repay the stolen booty and then be thrown in jail ...or worse!

[@Cory_LaRose]

This is horrible. That's why canada doesnt have this problem. Because our laws are different. I was wondering why no one I know got rich like that

[@nikol3258]

This is crazy

[@sinequanon5586]

Legal extortion? Kinda like, I dunno, taxes maybe?

[@dbadaddy7386]

Imagine what would happen if the plaintiff had to prove being a bona fide customer or lose the case on the merits.

[@RonHelton]

#PirateNation

[@krusty6246]

Legal extortion. Karma will take care of the lawyers

[@michaelpaliden6660]

A new government study show that with rise regulatory growth by 2040 there will be 2.3 lawyers in America for every person and no one will be able to do math.

[@Brokenhill42]

The problem isn't really with ADA, it's with greedy people. And it's not really lawyers who put pressure on companies to comply with ADA, it's the local jurisdiction who reviews the construction plans who are firm about ADA...and rightfully so.

[@timmyhipbird7543]

Why so many places are going no public facilities.

[@ladybabbleon]

Michael Avenatti would be proud.

[@Yeshuawillreturn]

Doors should be way wider than that. Its not about the disabled. Its about movers trying to get shit through doors cuz theres no industry standard on how wide it should be.

[@Dano-uf8ys]

Lawyers are bottom feeders.

[@thomasswedlund1097]

The only thing that gives me a little bit of happiness is when the parrasitic lawyers suck the blood of big pharma. Every time I hear a drug commercial where they have to read off the side effects I smile.

[@davidblick2192]

The ADA bill is disgusting

[@maxscott3349]

I have bad allergies, can I have a free job?

[@kentrobinson7479]

Height of a mirror???

[@tstbad59]

Why don’t people look up the words side and effects.

[@ferp420]

the reason there are less disabled people working today is cause they changed the definition of disabled to mean you cant work enuff to suport your self before it was just unable to do things average people do

[@donaldwilcox1085]

Al Gore. Good grief.

[@MikhaelAhava]

Among many reasons your economy is stagnating a bit?

[@techhelpportal7778]

Are you being disabled by the wwf

[@Playsitloud1]

I challenge people to record themselves saying "yes we can" and play it backwards. It is very revealing thing about our past president that it was his slogan. There are many apps that will play a recording backwards so i will not say it. Simply learn something for yourself.

[@LTTang]

The ADA did not allow for punitive damage. These lawsuits only occur in California under the Unruh Act. The legislature here decided that businesses needs to be punished and leaches lawyers be subsidized for life. This has been going on for many years now and the legislatures will not change the law. Just another example of stupid democrats and progressive policies.

[@vorrdegard2176]

Legal nonsense

[@kimkonkhmer]

BS

[@larrymichalski5431]

I can’t believe Republicans really try and go after disabled people. Please have a heart.

[@lawrencegenereux8567]

Look a little closer. They're Democrats.

[@timothyplumb3106]

They make sprays that take care of paprsites