2017 Federal ADA Title III Lawsuit Numbers 18% Higher than 2016 | Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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May 9, 2017
2017 Federal ADA Title III Lawsuit Numbers 18% Higher than 2016
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The increase of ADA Title III lawsuits in federal court shows no signs of stopping. From January 1 through April 30, 2017, 2629 lawsuits were filed — 412 more than during the same period in 2016. That’s a whopping 18 percent increase. As we previously reported, the total number of lawsuits filed in federal court in 2016 was 6,601 and represented a 37% increase from 2015.