From Time:

Jarek Molski, who has filed more than 400 lawsuits under the ADA, was dubbed a ‘hit-and-run plaintiff’ by a federal judge and barred from filing any more lawsuits. The U.S. Supreme Court this year declined to hear his appeal.

Experts say Molski is one of an active group of opportunistic plaintiffs and law firms who bring lawsuits in huge numbers, motivated not by a desire for access but by a quest for monetary gain.

Some are beginning to raise concerns that settlements in such lawsuits bring money to plaintiffs but fail to address access problems.

Says Andrew Imparato, president and CEO of the American Association of People with Disabilities: “We’d like to see federal judges in a jurisdiction where lots of cases are being filed looking at the phenomenon and trying to work on a solution that results in improvements in accessibility, and not lining the pockets of plaintiffs or boutique law firms that make a business out of it.”

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