Jim Porter Special to the Sun  Back to: News October 26, 2012
Follow News  Jim Porter: Disneyland sued for ADA violation
TRUCKEE, Calif. - The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a
fertile area of the law - meaning it generates lots of lawsuits.
As you have probably read, there is a wheelchair-bound attorney
in Sacramento who frequents towns like Truckee and files ADA
lawsuits in federal court. Around 2,000 at last count. A serial
drive-by ADA litigant. I've defended several of his lawsuits.
This particular attorney was sued last month by several of his
employees who claimed he often did not enter the premises he
sued, yet claimed they were ADA deficient. He supposedly
sometimes stayed in his van while his employees checked the
premises, but later alleged in his lawsuits that he himself
entered the premises. The employees also allege the law office
is a "hostile workplace."  Segway through Disneyland  Tina
Baughman has a degenerative muscular disease that makes it
difficult for her to walk or rise from