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Article: Litigious 'sheriff' filed one too many suits over disabilities act compliance.
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- February 21, 2005
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The letter sent to the owners of Cables Restaurant in Woodland Hills was straightforward enough: They were in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and needed to conform.
The tone, however, gave Tony Dalkas "a very eerie feeling."
Written by a San Francisco lawyer on behalf of a wheelchair-bound client who claimed he had not been able to use the restaurant's restroom, the letter contained multiple references to settling, suggesting that the "cost of litigation could rise, or as some may say, skyrocket."
Dalkas, a co-owner of the restaurant, didn't settle. Instead, he scoured the Internet for information about the customer, ...
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