“Disabled man puts the squeeze on [NYC] businesses with handicap lawsuits”

Prior to its passage, I spearheaded the retail industry’s efforts to rein in some of the excesses of the proposed ADA legislation. As part of my pitch to alert retailers to the perils of the law, I used to say that all I would need is a client in a wheelchair, and sooner or later I’d own their companies, given the vague standards as proposed. Looks like some opportunists have recognized what I foresaw over 20 years ago.
Do we chalk it up to the “unintended consequences of an otherwise altruistic piece of legislation?” Tell that to the mom & Pop enterprises driven under by these Plaintiffs and their lawyers, as it is small solace.

Do we chalk it up to the “unintended consequences of an otherwise altruistic piece of legislation?”

As we know, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. However, it didn’t take an Einstein to foresee the consequences of a law in which Congress did not explicitly spelling out what was required of businesses, but rather left it to the Courts to decide what was and was not legal.