[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I am very skeptical that there is such a thing as a “$25,000 Federal lawsuit”, but IANAL and I could be all the way wrong.

$25K is probably a tad over the filing fees for a typical (minor) Fed lawsuit. A $25K claim within a Federal lawsuit implies, to me, and again, I’ll happily stand corrected, gambling $15K-$20K in filing fees and probably $40K-$100K attys’ fees for a +$25K result, and yes, I understand that fees can be requested as part of a successful outcome...but to say “a successful outcome” in *any* litigation is unforeseeable is the understatement of the year.

Sounds fishy to me, that’s all. No attorney would advocate going into Federal Court for a $25K result.

[Navy Patriot]

The Examiner represents that a tort was filed, and San Francisco city employees named in said tort have used the term "plaintiffs" on the record when speaking about said tort.

In your favor is the fact that the Examiner is a far left loon rag, claimed to be more accurate than the Bay Guardian,....claimed.

[Alberta's Child]

If it’s an ADA issue then I believe the lawsuit is a Federal civil rights legal action, and the legal fees are recovered as part of a settlement in a case like that. You have a much better chance of recovering legal fees in a civil rights case than in most others.