You likely know by now that federal agencies have made rooting out disability discrimination a top priority. And you likely expected lawsuits to increase in this area. But did you expect things to reach this point this quickly?
Compared to 2015’s figures, ADA Title III lawsuits have increased 62.4% in 2016, according to the law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP, which tracks ADA lawsuits and trends carefully.
From January 1, 2015 to June 30, 2015 the number of ADA lawsuits filed in federal court was 2,114, according to the law firm.
Over the same period in 2016, a whopping 3,435 ADA lawsuits were filed (a 62.4% increase).
