ADA May Not Require Compliance Management Policies

By Keith Bradley, Amy Brown Doolittle and Eleanor Hagan (April 22, 2019, 5:39 PM EDT) -- A new type of Americans with Disabilities Act class action has been developing, in which plaintiffs charge that defendants have violated the ADA by failing to have policies to systematically seek out physical barriers. But this theory may not be viable for much longer. In Mielo et al v. Steak 'n Shake, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has just concluded that companies have no freestanding ADA duty to maintain such policies....

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