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When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted by Congress in July 1990, the Internet was in its infancy and few, if any, considered its applicability to cyberspace. But a San Francisco Federal judge’s recent decision not to dismiss a discrimination case against retailer Target Corporation has brought the issue to the forefront. Believed […]
In potentially one of the most important ADA decisions in years, the California state Court of Appeal ruled Thursday, October 26, 2006, in Gunther v. Lin, 415 F. Supp. 2d 1048, 2006, that ADA plaintiffs must plead and prove intentional discrimination in order to recover the $4,000 minimum civil penalty for each and every offense, […]
In an important case for the hospitality industry, JMBM attorney Martin (Marty) Orlick, along with insurance defense counsel, helped a Santa Barbara hotel avoid paying plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and costs in a lawsuit filed against it under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). Marty Orlick has defended more than 175 ADA lawsuits, many of them […]
Despite the current proliferation of condo hotels, the Access Board’s newly proposed ADAAG technical requirements still include no specific mention of condo hotels, nor have we seen any state law that includes requirements for condo hotel accessibility. There is very limited judicial direction, as legal precedents regarding the ADA and condo hotels have not yet […]
Marty Orlick’s article "Courts Deal Blow to Plaintiffs’ Lawyers" was published on Hotel Online and the JMBM Global Hospitality Advisor in October 2005.
Who’s Crying "Woof"? This article was published by Hotel Online. What should you do when a guest brings a “seeing eye dog” to your “no pets” hotel? What if a guest claims that a monkey is a “service animal” to assist with some disability or to alert the guest to some danger (such as fire […]
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Marty Orlick’s article "Prepare Now for an ADA Attack" was published in the JMBM Global Hospitality Advisor in October 2003.
