Matt Anderson Law – Business Litigation & Personal Injury

Welcomed intervention from the Arizona Attorney General, seeking to have serial litigant AND his attorney deemed vexatious litigants

The story of the ADA tester plaintiff and his attorney, Peter Strojnik, has been well-profiled here. However, despite having his initial round of state court lawsuits dismissed and settling sanctions allegations by the Attorney General, Strojnik is back at it – alleging ADA violations against hotels in new federal court lawsuits. However, yesterday afternoon, the […]

Supreme Court Strikes Down Law That Required Hotels To Comply With Warrantless Police Requests For Guest Registries

On June 22, 2015, in a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court in City of Los Angeles v. Patel struck down a Los Angeles Municipal Code that required hotel operators to provide guest registries to police upon demand, and without a warrant. Under the ordinance, a hotel operator who refused to turn over registries could […]

Is Your Website Accessible to Disabled Users? If Not, Courts Say You Could Be Violating the ADA

Yes, seriously. This is no longer a remote threat cautioned by overzealous lawyers. This is now a real threat that business owners should address now. If you own and/or operate a business, and the business has a website that markets its goods or services, you could be liable for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) if […]

Expert Witnesses: Who Needs ’Em?

Clients often ask whether retaining an expert witness is necessary in their case. And they are wise to ask, because experts are a critical part of many cases, but not all. As attorneys, we often retain an expert “because we can” or “because that’s how we always litigate this type of case.” But often we […]

Strategies for Defending ADA Accessibility “Tester” Lawsuits

In the last 15 months, over 1,000 complaints alleging ADA accessibility violations have been filed by three individual plaintiffs against Arizona commercial property owners, retailers, restaurants, and hospitality entities. These “tester” cases assert nearly identical allegations related to insufficient handicap parking, improper construction of restroom facilities and check-out counters, and, in the case of hotels, […]

Auto Dealership Liability for Accidents Occurring During Test Drives: How to Protect Your Dealership

Prospective car buyers are no different than the drivers we encounter daily on the road: some are skilled, and some are not so skilled. Add to that the prospective buyer’s unfamiliarity with the vehicle they are test-driving, nervousness of having a salesperson in the passenger seat, and the distraction that comes with evaluating the car […]