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Frequent ADA plaintiff Scott Johnson indicted for tax fraud

May 28, 2019 8:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Scott Johnson, who has filed thousands of lawsuits against businesses — including many in the Palo Alto area — claiming violations of the […]

Los Altos

Frequent ADA litigant Scott Johnson hits more businesses

July 17, 2018 12:30 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A liquor store in Mountain View and a futon shop in Los Altos have joined a list of El Camino Real businesses sued […]

Palo Alto

Small businesses unite to combat ADA lawsuits

July 7, 2023 5:36 pm

This story was originally published in the print edition of the Daily Post on June 7. Often our competitors will rewrite the Post’s stories and serve them up as if […]

Mountain View

Boutique closing after ADA suit, minimum wage hike

January 24, 2022 11:26 am

This story was originally printed in Saturday’s Daily Post. If you don’t want to miss important local news stories, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. […]

San Carlos

ADA lawsuit forces restaurant to close

January 9, 2022 7:47 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A longtime San Carlos business has shut down due to a lawsuit filed by a man who has lodged hundreds of suits seeking […]

Palo Alto

Serial ADA plaintiff targets restaurants with tables outdoors

August 12, 2021 12:45 pm

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Palo Alto

City’s payroll didn’t drop despite Covid pandemic — 2020 salaries listed

July 14, 2021 11:27 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the city of Palo Alto’s total payroll for 2020 held steady at $126 million, the same amount as in 2019. […]

Palo Alto

Judge quickly stops frequent ADA plaintiff from suing three local businesses

July 13, 2020 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer This story about an Americans With Disabilities Act lawsuit has a different ending than others you’ve read. A former lawyer in Arizona, who […]

Palo Alto

City manager breaks the $400,000 pay ceiling — UPDATED with list of 2019 city salaries

May 6, 2020 1:00 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto’s payroll grew by 2% last year, to $126 million, and for the first time an employee took home more than $400,000 in […]

Palo Alto

City has fewer workers but payroll cost has gone up (2018 salaries listed)

August 1, 2019 7:00 am

BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Even though it reduced its workforce by 113 employees, the city of Palo Alto spent 26.8% more on salaries last year compared to the […]

Menlo Park

Cafe closes after third ADA lawsuit

May 1, 2019 5:35 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Jason’s Cafe in Menlo Park closed yesterday (April 30) after 11 years in business after the cafe was hit with three Americans with […]

Redwood City

ADA lawyer goes after Nazareth Ice Oasis

February 5, 2019 12:02 am

This story was originally printed in the Post on Jan. 24. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The attorney who sued the Dutch Goose in west Menlo Park and […]

Linda Maher, second from right, stands with her uncle Jim Cesano, mother Rena Gretz and siblings Jim Gretz and Laurie Tinker. The family runs the Country Inn Motel, one of the Palo Alto motels sued by disability access litigant Scott Johnson this year. Post photo by Allison Levitsky.
Palo Alto

Family business speaks out after two ADA lawsuits

July 12, 2018 10:37 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A second Palo Alto motel in two months has been hit with a lawsuit by Scott Johnson, a quadriplegic attorney who has sued […]

Palo Alto

Frequent ADA litigant sues Palo Alto motel

July 11, 2018 12:42 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Travelodge motel in Palo Alto has been hit with a lawsuit from Scott Johnson, a quadriplegic attorney who has sued hundreds of […]

Palo Alto City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.
Palo Alto

$327,691 is top pay at Palo Alto City Hall — 2017 city salaries listed

May 23, 2018 3:52 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene remained the city of Palo Alto’s highest paid employee in 2017, receiving $327,691 in total pay — a […]

Menlo Park

Serial ADA litigant sues Jeffrey’s Hamburgers

May 9, 2018 11:15 am

By the Daily Post staff Jeffrey’s Hamburgers in Menlo Park is the third business in the city to be sued by serial Americans with Disabilities Act litigants in a five-month […]

In the news

Gas station, hotel are latest local targets of frequent ADA litigant

February 21, 2018 2:04 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man behind hundreds of Americans with Disabilities lawsuits has filed cases against two more businesses — a gas station in Menlo Park […]

Mountain View

Serial ADA litigant strikes hotel

January 28, 2018 7:10 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A quadriplegic attorney notorious for filing lawsuits that accuse small businesses not complying with the American with Disabilities Act has targeted a Mountain […]

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