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Thursday is 'Poolmageddon' for trial lawyers
washingtonexaminer.com. ^ | 3/14/12 | Conn Carroll

Posted on 03/14/2012 12:14:27 PM PDT by Nachum

President Obama's Department of Justice -- led by Attorney General Eric Holder -- has found a new way to make the Americans with Disabilities Act pay off for Democratic trial lawyer campaign donors.

Since the ADA first became law in 1990, the DOJ has been issuing "guidelines" that businesses must follow to comply with a multitude of the nation's civil rights laws.

For example, if a restaurant bathroom has a light switch that is 52 inches above the floor, then that business is in compliance. But if the light switch is 53 inches above the floor, than the restaurant owner is a civil rights violator subject to fines from the government and liable for civil damages from any disabled individual who ever used the bathroom.

The DOJ has been issuing a growing wave of such guidelines over the years, reaching an ever larger portion of business activities. In September 2010, the DOJ issued guidelines for "recreational facilities," including a new rule that all public access swimming pools must provide a lift capable of moving disabled patrons from their wheelchairs into the water.

Compliance with the rule requires pool owners to have a lift for each "water element" in their facility. So if your local community pool also has a spa, both the spa and the pool must be "accessible." But if you have two spas, don't worry, only one lift is required.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ada; disability; doj; lawsuits; lawyers; poolmageddon; swimmingpools; trial; wheelchairlifts; wheelchairs

1 posted on 03/14/2012 12:14:31 PM PDT by Nachum
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2 posted on 03/14/2012 12:15:49 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

And we wonder why people are cynical. Pool owners ought to bring a class action lawsuit.


3 posted on 03/14/2012 12:18:55 PM PDT by raccoonnookkeeper (I keep raccoons in a nook!)
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Every swimming pool should simply close, lay off its strictly-pool-related workers, and issue big, plain-worded notices that this is 100% due to the Obamastration.


4 posted on 03/14/2012 12:20:27 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: Nachum

For the money this country has spent on ADA compliance, we could have hired someone to physically carry around every cripple in the country.


5 posted on 03/14/2012 12:41:18 PM PDT by RightOnTheBorder
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To: Nachum
The ADA was the early 1990’s version of Obamacare. It was falsely sold to the American public as a way to get those with disabilities off public assistance and into productive jobs. It had nothing to do with that, it was about getting the hand of government into every nook and cranny of American life. Those of us that realized this were told by the Republican establishment that our worries were nothing but baseless fear mongering. Worst of all it was pushed through by king RINO of the day Bob Dole.
6 posted on 03/14/2012 12:49:20 PM PDT by apillar
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To: Nachum

—But if you have two spas, don’t worry, only one lift is required.—

Hmmm. Sounds like “separate but equal”.

Wait a second! It didn’t even say “equal”. :-)


7 posted on 03/14/2012 12:52:52 PM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Nachum
When someone, or something, is pushing you, one of the best defenses is to step aside and let them fall on their face.

POOL CLOSED, POOL CLOSED
8 posted on 03/14/2012 12:55:16 PM PDT by FrankR
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To: Nachum
Did the Odd Ball Cabaret in California finally install the wheelchair ramp for the on stage shower, or did the rip it out and require all their strippers, regardless of disabilities, gyrate dry.
9 posted on 03/14/2012 1:37:14 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
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To: Nachum
I designed and built a home many years ago(80's). Handicapped doors at 3'-0" were required on a six level home. There was no way any handicapped person could access any but the ground floor so making all doors handicapped accessible was outrageous.

A contractor decided to skirt the issue and made all doors save the first level two feet-six inches.

The remodeling created serious revenue problems. The contractor for all purposes was correct in his reasoning, however the laws and codes overruled him no matter the logic.

10 posted on 03/14/2012 1:53:58 PM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28, Romans 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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To: Nachum

What’s the difference between a catfish and an attorney?
One’s a bottom-dwelling, scum-sucking scavenger...

The other’s a fish.

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What’s brown and black and looks good on an attorney?

A Doberman

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They’ve started using attorneys rather than rats for some laboratory experiments:

It seems the researchers were becoming emotionally attached to the rats - and besides, there are some things you can’t get a rat to do for money.


11 posted on 03/14/2012 2:13:05 PM PDT by LucianOfSamasota (Tanstaafl - its not just for breakfast anymore...)
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LOL. Oldies, but goodies “)


12 posted on 03/14/2012 2:19:54 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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