Disability access: statutory damages.
This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
- Stage
- Session ended
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- Senate
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Feb 1, 2016
What it does
Existing law permits statutory damages to be awarded in certain construction-related accessibility claims against a place of public accommodation only if the violation denied the plaintiff full and equal access to the place of public accommodation on a particular occasion. Existing law reduces a defendant's minimum statutory damage liability to $1000 if the defendant demonstrates that it has corrected all construction-related violations that are the basis of a claim within 60 days of being served with the complaint, and other conditions are met, including, among others, that the structure or area was inspected by a certified access specialist, as defined. Existing law also reduces a…
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This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.
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