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February 06, 2012
Suits could force L.A. to spend huge sums on sidewalk repairThe civil rights actions claim that broken sidewalks and missing curb ramps violate the Americans With Disabilities Act. The city could be on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars
Los Angeles may be the land of the freeway, but it is notorious for its bad sidewalks — buckled, cracked and sometimes impassable. By the city's own estimate, 42% of its 10,750 miles of pedestrian paths are in disrepair.
Now a series of civil-rights lawsuits against Los Angeles and other California cities is for the first time focusing attention — and money — on a problem that decades of complaining, heated public hearings and letter-writing campaigns could not.
The lawsuits were filed by disabled people who say broken sidewalks make it impossible for them to get around and seek repairs or improvements. The plaintiffs contend that the conditions violate the federal Americans With Disabilities Act, a tool that has been used across the country to force better access at restaurants, department stores, movie theaters and the like.
The tactics are already paying off. In the biggest sidewalk-related settlement in California, the California Department of Transportation in 2009 agreed to spend $1.1 billion over 30 years to fix state-controlled sidewalks, crosswalks and park-and-ride facilities.
Sacramento settled a similar case by agreeing to allocate 20% of its annual transportation fund over the next 30 years to make repairs and install ramps.
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The Law Offices of Charles P. Charlton was founded in 1995 as criminal and civil litigation firm dedicated to providing the highest quality legal representation to the consumer and business clients throughout the State of California.
Mr. Charlton was an oil company executive, until he became an attorney in January 1986. After years of experience working with other preeminent lawyers, he established the firm. He has successfully litigated many catastrophic injury, wrongful death, complex business, fraud and contract cases throughout his career.
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Mr. Charlton has more than twenty five years experience arbitrating, litigating, mediating and negotiating a wide variety of disputes. He has successfully litigated many catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, elder abuse, employer/employee, governmental tort liability, product liability, sexual harassment and business and contract matters throughout his career Mr. Charlton's experience encompasses both state and federal courts.
