ADA Handicap services for law suits and resonable compliance

ADA Handicap services for law suits and resonable compliance to the federal ADA Handicap Statutes

Whether inspecting for a real estate closing, verifying current handicapped and disability access or mitigating with lawyers and plaintiffs, we guarantee to avail you the most logical solutions to any of your ADA (handicapped) issues. The ADAAG (Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines) is a cumbersome and lengthy set of handicapped standards which creates confusion and fear for most people. Allow our team of experts to engage the lawyers and plaintiffs who attempt to squeeze hard earned dollars from your person or company.

Once you hire us to resolve all your structural and policy issues regarding the accessibility codes, you have instantly cut off the burden of spending thousands of dollars unnecessarily. Our long history of facilities surveyed includes all types of institutions; Major Hotel chains, Banks, Government buildings, Major arenas, and entertainment facilities… and our reference list continues to grow.

You get expertise in engineering, structure, code compliance, architecture and our ADA expert, Jonathan Friedman. Jonathan sat on advisory boards for veterans and public transportation networks and started consulting while the ADA was in its infancy over 30 years ago. Our collective experience is approaching a century of work in the construction industry!!!

Feel free to contact us anytime to set an appointment and avoid the high costs of a lawsuit.

Mandates for meeting the Handicap codes in Florida also know as the Federal ADA (disability) codes.

States must follow these Handicap codes. Please consider these handicap codes apply to goverment facilities, private business, restaurant, assembly, schools, care facilities , most evey building and even residental homes for handicap access. Employers must comply There are companies or individuals that come to these sites and file a handicap lawsuit to make the owners comply. We have handle these ADA Handicap lawsuits and violations for clients since 2001. There are ways to satisfy the lawsuit with signage that reduces the amount of remedial work to be done to comply with handicap requirements. Evan cities have been sued for failure to comply in plan revisions they have been involved in. You may see road work being done on entrances to properties that the county has to comply with handicap surfaces and slopes. The main suits for handicap usually involve the parking lot and access to the building. We have satified clients representing them in their cases. YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE A LAWYER TO REPRESENT YOU. They want handicap compliance which means methods that will save the client considerable monies and negotiation on settlement. That which a lawyer usually does not implement but then hires a ADA Handicap specialist at a cost to client. The Handicap specialist may consider more work is worth more money when he involes his recommended contractor. Some entities have been sited for using a handicap person to represent the suit, and then go to multiple sites for suits and settlement. Where the handicap person receives a modest portion of the REPEAT settlement. We would be glad to represent you in a Handicap or ADA law suit. We review the suit and have the methods that will save you time and expense.

In 2018, Florida’s mandates for people with disabilities were based on the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), supplemented by state laws like the Florida Civil Rights Act and the Florida Building Code. There were no special ADA mandates that only applied to Florida in 2018, as the ADA is a federal law that sets minimum standards.

The Handicap ADA is organized into several titles, and the mandates applicable in 2018 covered:

Employment (Title I): Private employers with 15 or more employees, as well as state and local governments, were prohibited from discriminating against qualified individuals with a disability in all employment practices. Employers were required to make “reasonable accommodations” for disabled employees unless doing so would cause an “undue hardship”.

State and Local Governments (Title II): All state and local government entities, departments, and agencies were required to ensure that people with disabilities had an equal opportunity to benefit from all programs, services, and activities. This included providing “program access” so that people were not excluded due to inaccessible buildings or facilities.

Public Accommodations (Title III): Private businesses considered “public accommodations,” such as restaurants, hotels, stores, and doctors’ offices, were required to ensure accessibility. This included:

Barrier Removal: Removing barriers in existing buildings where it was “readily achievable” (easy to do without much difficulty or expense).
New Construction and Alterations: Adhering to the ADA Standards for Accessible Design for new construction and alterations.
Service Animals: Generally allowing service animals to accompany people with disabilities in public areas.
Florida Building Code: The state’s building code enforced specific technical standards for accessibility, including requirements for accessible parking spaces, ramps, and plumbing facilities.
Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA) of 1992: This state law also prohibited discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, housing, and public accommodations. In many cases, it provided parallel protections to the federal ADA.

Key provisions regarding service animals
The rights of a person with a disability and their service animal in Florida were defined by both the ADA and Florida state law (Chapter 413, Section 08 of the Florida Statutes). As of 2018, the mandates specified that:

An individual with a disability is entitled to be accompanied by a service animal in public accommodations and housing accommodations.
Public accommodations could not ask about the nature or extent of a person’s disability. Instead, they could only ask if an animal was a service animal required because of a disability and what work or tasks it had been trained to perform.
A person was liable for any damage caused by their service animal. However, no extra compensation or surcharge could be imposed.
Public accommodations could ask for the removal of a service animal only if it was out of control and the handler did not take effective action, or if it posed a direct threat to the health and safety of others.

Examples of mandates in effect in 2018

Building Accessibility: New construction and significant alterations had to comply with the ADA Standards for Accessible Design, including requirements for accessible routes, ramps, entrances, and restrooms.
Effective Communication: State and local governments and public accommodations were required to provide auxiliary aids and services, such as qualified sign language interpreters or materials in Braille, to ensure effective communication with people with disabilities.
Parking Spaces: The Florida Building Code included specific accessibility requirements for parking spaces, such as minimum widths for spaces and access aisles and proper signage.