[blindlaw] Please Assist ASAP

[Mazen Basrawi]

Touché, I had mistakenly thought the person requesting the accommodation was a potential employee not client. 

M~
 

Mazen M. Basrawi 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Borne [mailto:cborne at mdot.state.md.us] 
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 10:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Please Assist ASAP


How would this fall under Title I -- Employment -- if the party not receiving an accommodation is simply a "client" and not an "employee?" Craig 


Craig Borne, Esq.
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Mazen Basrawi
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:13 PM
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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
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-----Original Message-----
From: braem at comcast.net [mailto:braem at comcast.net]
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 5:12 PM
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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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> > 
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