According to the lawsuit brought by the two district attorneys’ offices, Potter Handy filed more than 800 ADA-compliance cases on behalf of a “serial filer” named as Orlando Garcia and 1,700 cases on behalf of a serial filer named as Brian Whitaker.
Boudin hopes the lawsuit will result in an injunction to stop the law firm from mass-filing similar ADA-compliance claims in the future, and will be forced to return the money it has collected from small businesses. San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin announced Monday that his office is filing a civil lawsuit against a San Diego-based law firm for allegedly filing thousands of fraudulent disability-access lawsuits against small businesses in California.
The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office jointly filed the state lawsuit with the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office. Boudin said an investigation conducted over the last year by his office found that the law firm has centered its business model around the allegedly fraudulent claims of improper access for people with disabilities, even suing businesses that have not even been certified as ADA compliant.
San Francisco Supervisors Aaron Peskin, whose district includes Chinatown, and Connie Chan, who represents Golden Gate Park and the Richmond district, said they have heard “heart-wrenching” and “devastating” stories from business owners about facing allegedly fraudulent lawsuits in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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