More from the link that you left out.
Phillips - who uses a wheelchair because of post-polio syndrome and severe osteoporosis - alleges she was discriminated against in August and September of last year when she attempted to enter Codori House of Gifts, 2 York St., Wentz Stained Glass Studio, 48 York St., and the Spirited Ladies Shoppe, 45 Chambersburg St. Each shop lacks an accessible wheelchair entrance, according to Phillips’ lawsuits. Representatives of those businesses could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.
Phillips has been a disability-rights activist since 1987, when she filed her first complaint against Morgan State University in Baltimore for not providing a wheelchair-accessible restroom on the building floor where she worked. The complaint led to the restroom being renovated, along with a majority of the campus.
Since then, Phillips - a Hampstead, Md. resident - has filed numerous complaints throughout Maryland and Pennsylvania. Her first complaint in Gettysburg was filed in 2006 against the Majestic Theater, which is owned by Gettysburg College. Phillips alleged the theater lacked accessible emergency exits. College officials later addressed the issue.
The ADA prohibits discrimination against individuals on the basis of disability and requires public accommodations - such as businesses - to meet accessibility requirements. In some cases, that means providing a ramp for wheelchair accessibility.
There ARE limitations in the ADA.
How much money the company makes, employees etc.
The problem is these suits have become a billable hour mill for the lawyers and the “activists” who profit via sham expert fees.
The lawyers set up a charitable “entity” which serves as the plaintiff then the activist gets money as the expert witness circumventing the ADA rules.
There is no notice prequisit to filing suit. There also is no means of being “certified” in compliance. You could (and do) have new and accessable buildings which are still sued to generate the fees. Also after teh suit, there is no protection agains the NEXT “activist”.