Re: Pull Station Height

["Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> A commercial client of ours in CT was a private sports club.  They had
indoor
> and outdoor tennis courts, swimming pools and lots of other good stuff.
One
> day they were notified by an attorney representing a handicapped person in
the
> town who never even inquired about membership that they intended to file
an
> ADA suit against the club because there was no wheelchair access to the
second
> floor hand-ball court.
>
> I might understand if the complainant was a member or had at least
considered
> membership that he might want to have access to the entire facility.
However,
> the handball courts had no spectator seating.  I believe that handicapped
> people should enjoy all of the opportunities that more fortunate folks do
but
> handball?  I figured the complainant just wanted to hold them up.  Sure
> enough, before it came to court the attorney offered to settle for some
> outrageous amount and drop the action entirely.  The club owner smelled a
rat
> so he said, "No let's go to court."  He lost.  :(

This guy gets around. It wouldn't be the same guy and attorney that has been
making the news about the same type of legal action lately here in Florida
now would it? Your story sounds like it might be. If it is him, he has been
at it for what....10 err 12 err 15 years now. :o]
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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