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U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit

Jan. 11, 2011

Court: Disability Claims Must Be Specific

Be specific, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals advised plaintiffs seeking to sue businesses under the Americans with Disabilities Act.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Be specific, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals advised plaintiffs seeking to sue businesses under the Americans with Disabilities Act.


An en banc panel made the point Friday in a decisive 11-0 ruling, holding that a man who uses a wheelchair should never have been allowed to take Pier 1 Imports Inc. to court over his complaint that some architectural features of its Vacaville store denied him full ...

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