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Local business owners protest ‘lawsuit abuse’
John Della Monica signs a banner during a Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse rally in front of the Lodi Post Office on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse is an organization attempting to bring an end to what they believe are unjust lawsuits against businesses and individuals.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Local business owners protest ‘lawsuit abuse’
Travis Hausauer, owner of the Squeeze Inn restaurant, speaks during the California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse rally in front of the Lodi Post Office on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012. After 30 years in business, Hausauer was forced to close the original Sacramento Squeeze Inn because of an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit in 2009.
Dan Evans/News-Sentinel
Local business owners protest ‘lawsuit abuse’
Buttons from the California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse were on display at the organization’s rally in front of the Lodi Post Office on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012.
Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2012 10:58 am
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Updated: 6:13 am, Fri Feb 24, 2012.
Local business owners protest ‘lawsuit abuse’
By Katie Nelson/News-Sentinel Staff Writer
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Gathered on the corner by the Lodi Post Office, roughly 40 business owners from in and around Lodi braved the morning winds Thursday to protest the rising number of lawsuits regarding ADA compliance.
The business owners said they are fed up with having to pay thousands of dollars in attorney fees for litigants who are suing them for not being up-to-date on codes set forth in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Those fees, they said, are on top of the money they spend to fix their stores and sidewalks to comply with the most current regulations.
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George Louie,
California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse,
Ricky Gill,
Bob Casalegno,
James Mccarty,
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Darrell Baumbach posted at 10:22 pm on Fri, Feb 24, 2012.
And while many are upset by the lawsuits, Lodi attorney Russell Humphrey said the business owners have no right to complain. They are the ones out of compliance with the law that was set over 20 years ago, he said, and the lawsuits are legal, no matter how cumbersome they may be...
Really?. Since Mr Humphrey's is happy to follow blindly to laws that are extremely punitive and harsh, he would do just about anything as long as it was legal... At one time, it was legal to own slaves. Maybe if Mr Humphrey had been born two hundred years ago, we would be calling him “Master Humphrey”... after all, it was the law back then and no one should complain if the law is on the books... right Mr Humphrey.
I assure Mr Humphrey, if the opportunity ever presents itself, and I have an opportunity to legally harm him financially, I will tell him not to complain... as its legal. I hope Karma is real and this lawyer gets what he happily dishes out.
John Newman posted at 8:58 am on Fri, Feb 24, 2012.
Well I truly hope this group can eventually put a halt to all of the absolutely ridiculous lawsuits.
Mr. "Hungry for Money" Humphrey stated "businesses cannot be open to the public if disabled individuals cannot enter." While I completely agree, ALL of the business he and his most likely overweight and broke clients (the only reason I state that is because I have a few wheel chair confined friends who hate the way these "cysts" on society give them a bad name) are currently operating businesses that have been staples in our great community for years and years. Any of them would be more than happy to go out of their way to accommodate anyone needing assistance weather handi-capable or not.
If I were Mr. Humphreys, I would sure watch what type of lawsuits I take on. Lodi is a small community, filled with many small businesses. Heck, I understand Mr. Humphrey’s is an avid golfer and I am sure many of his fellow Golfers and not to mention WG&CC members are small business leaders in the community.
All of these so called attorney’s aka "Ambulance Chasers" absolutely disgust me and I can only hope that our community can somehow run them out... Beginning with Mr. Humphreys.
Bob Silvano posted at 8:10 pm on Thu, Feb 23, 2012.
It's about time someone called these moron lawyers and their "out for quick money" clients to task. They are putting good, honest business owners out of business, or creating debt that translates into increased product cost that is passed on to all of us. If money can make these idiots go away, what was it really worth to them in the first place?