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Mon Sep 18 16:31:31 CDT 2006

If I was considering unsubscribing,  the process of doing so will make me 
change my mind at once and just stay subscribed!

This is so very funny.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Matzkin" <dmatzkin at wesleyan.edu>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Unsubscribe

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>> On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:44:10 +0000, braem at comcast.net wrote:
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>>>Please unsubscribe me immediately.  I couldn't find a link to do this.
>>> Thanks.
>>
>>>--
>>>Michael Braem
>>>braem at comcast.net
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>>>-------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
>>>From: "Elizabeth Akinola" <elizabetha at ecnv.org>
>>>To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>>Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Please Assist ASAP
>>>Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:43:14 +0000
>>>> As Craig pointed, this issue cannot be covered under Title I of the ADA
>>>> since the question is about clients not employees.  If it falls
>>>> anywhere,
>>>> it'd be under Title III--public accommodations.
>>>>
>>>> Like hospitals and shopping centers, a lawyer's office offers services
>>>> to
>>>> the general public, and is therefore  a place of public accommodation.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Mazen Basrawi" <mbasrawi at exchange.dralegal.org>
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 12:12 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Please Assist ASAP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > Actually, this issue is covered under Title I of the ADA covering
>>>> > employment, not Title III which covers public accommodations.
>>>> >
>>>> > M~
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Mazen M. Basrawi
>>>> > Equal Justice Works/Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein Fellow
>>>> > Disability Rights Advocates
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>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>> > From: braem at comcast.net [mailto:braem at comcast.net]
>>>> > Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 5:12 PM
>>>> > To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
>>>> > Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Please Assist ASAP
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > All I'm trying to find are cases - federal or state - to use as
>>>> examples
>>>> > about whether a complaint has ever been filed against a law firm by a
>>>> > blind client.  One hypo could be this:  blind client needs a contract
>>>> > drafted.  Law firm does  not have any reader equipment or way to
>>>> convert
>>>> > the docs to braille, nor does it feel the need to accommodate the
>>>> client
>>>> > by providing a an actual reader, etc. etc.  I know that a law firm or
>>>> > office is considered a "public accommodation" under the ADA, so I
>>>> would
>>>> > think the attorney/law firm would have to accommodate the client in
>>>> one
>>>> > way or another.
>>>> >
>>>> > That's all I'm looking for, don't know how I can make it simpler than
>>>> > that.  I suppose the applicable law should be the ADA.  And I'm
>>>> simply
>>>> > trying to gather information for an article I'm drafting for a local
>>>> bar
>>>> > association (I am a licensed and practicing attorney).
>>>> >
>>>> > If you have any cases, settlement agreements, or law articles
>>>> revolving
>>>> > around this subject matter, please let me know at braem at comcast.net.
>>>> > Thanks.
>>>> >
>>>> > Michael
>>>> >
>>>> > -------------- Original message --------------
>>>> > From: "Dennis Clark" <dennisgclark at sbcglobal.net>
>>>> >
>>>> >> Hello,
>>>> >> I am still trying to understand the issue at hand. Specifically what
>>>> >> accommodation is needed and not provided? Secondly, what statute do
>>>> we
>>>> >
>>>> >> think imposed a duty on the law firm to provide the particular
>>>> > accommodation
>>>> >> requested? I am not saying there isn't such a statute, I simply need
>>>> > to
>>>> >> know if it is the ADA or some other state statute. Also, it would be
>>>> >> helpful if posters would sign their emails. I think that 2 earlier
>>>> > posts on
>>>> >> this topic were from the same person, but from two different email
>>>> >> addresses. With respect to the first post on the topic, is this an
>>>> > attorney
>>>> >> requesting assistance from other attorneys, or is it a non attorney
>>>> > trying
>>>> >> to obtain legal guidance? Either is fine, but it helps to understand
>>>> > the
>>>> >> poster's position in order to properly address the question.
>>>> >> Regards,
>>>> >> Dennis
>>>> >>
>>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> >> From: "Locke Milholland"
>>>> >> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List"
>>>> >> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 1:29 PM
>>>> >> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Please Assist ASAP
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> >I would look for an ethics opinion under the rule providing that
>>>> >> >attorneys
>>>> >> > maintain communications with clients.Outside the professional
>>>> > setting, the
>>>> >> > legal theory would fall under the same legal actions such as the
>>>> > claim
>>>> >> > against Target for failing to provide accessible website
>>>> > information.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >> Can you tell us more about the accommodations that were needed?
>>>> >> >> Also,
>>>> >> >> what
>>>> >> >> is the legal theory that would give the law firm this duty?
>>>> >> >> Thanks,
>>>> >> >>>(Original question). I'm looking for any cases/news articles in
>>>> >> >>>which an
>>>> >> >>>attorney or law
>>>> >> >>>firm was sued by a client or potential client who was blind,
>>>> > because the
>>>> >> >>>firm failed to accommodate the client. Please let me know of
>>>> > anything by
>>>> >> >>>e-mailing me at...
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Michael
>>>> >> >
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