MSNews updates are on hold until further notice. Sign-up on our mailing list here to be notified when we are back.
ADA and Legal Irony
Submitted by art on Fri, 2003-08-01 05:52.
This story really surprised me - apparently the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that states, under the doctrine of sovereign immunity, couldn't be sued for failing to live up to the law's requirements. A number of disabled people in Kentucky are suing the state to comply with ADA requirements at the courthouse! Imagine if a company didn't comply with the ADA and you were going to court as the plaintiff, but you couldn't get to the hearing because there was no way up the stairs.