Why not, this kind of extortion works for the recording industry - why wouldn't every greedy person or company with a cause copy them?
"Pinnock offers each owner the option of settling by correcting the problems and paying him $10,500."
Why don't the shop owners band together and file a class action against the guy?
I have trouble feeling sympathetic towards ambulance chasers, even if they are confined to a wheelchair.
$hakedown. I remember Clint Eastwood fighting such a suit back in 2000 or so. He was pushing for an ADA Notification Act to allow businesses time to correct problems before being sued. I guess that legislation never got very far.
Ambulance chasing scumbag. Typical.
This alone should serve as reason to disallow lawyers from serving as legislators. They are uniquely able to craft legislation which directly benefits them personally.
Lawyers are scum.
California is self destructing.
Most laws written in this country are written by lawyers in such a way as to benefit other lawyers. The law should have exempted small businesses that wouldn't be able to comply with the law financially. If every business had to comply with every law that's passed or face a lawsuit, they would all go bankrupt.
If there's another liquor store in the same region - WITH ACCESS - these idiots don't have a case against the business.
Call a good lawyer.