As you regular readers know, I filed a complaint against the folks at NorthPark Center and NorthPark Management based on events which occurred on August 9, 2008. After three years and four months, NorthPark Management and NorthPark Center agreed in a settlement, signed on November 28, 2011, to bring their facilities into compliance with the ADA. On November 30th, Carmen Romero informed me of the settlement and asked me to sign a waiver of my rights and accept a $1,000 check from NorthPark Management. This document was prepared by NorthPark Management's attorneys. Problem is, I have expended over $9,000 in my own money to push and alternately pull the DOJ in order to get them to enforce the law. Yet, the DOJ asks me to settle for $1,000 and give up all rights to recover the balance of my out-of-pocket expenses. I refused. To add insult to injury, Ms. Romero at the DOJ refused to send me a copy of the settlement reached as a result of my complaint. So, I have been forced to file a request for the documents through a Freedom of Information Request. Here is the Department of Justice's reply. Let's see just how long it takes them to fulfill my request. No doubt they will need to consult with NorthPark's attorneys to get their instructions, as they seem to be working with NorthPark and against me in this matter. to recover my legal expenses
Page 1 of their letter in response to my request:
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Somone should help you find a sympathetic attorney who will assist you in recovering your money. Hard to find one though I expect.
ReplyDeleteI doubt that will happen. I have yet to find an attorney who thought as much about the meaning of the law as the money to be made from it. I only want my legal fees recovered and I can't think that any attorney, in Dallas or elsewhere, really gives a damn about how these violations of anyone's civil rights, mine included, are degraded by the lack of interest on the part of the legal community to give the law any teeth so to speak. But thanks for the comment. Keep checking back, I am not yet through with NorthPark Center, NorthPark Management, or the idiots at the Department of Justice who attempted to sell me out like a prostitute for $1,000
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