All Cases
Representative list of active and settled cases.
Smith, et al. v. Hotels.com
In 2009, DRA reached a landmark settlement with two major travel websites - Hotels.com and Expedia.com. Under the settlement, the major online travel service companies agreed to improve reservation services for travelers with disabilities.Both companies added new features to their travel websites...
Spieler v. Mt. Diablo Unified School District
The Spieler v. Mt. Diablo Consent Decree negotiated in 2000, represents the most sweeping school access settlement to date under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Consent Decree created equal access to school buildings, educational programs, and social programs. Mt. Diablo School District...
Sterling VisionCare
DRA's client - an individual who used a wheelchair - was denied service at a Sterling VisionCare Center because he was unable to walk from his wheelchair to the examination chair. To avoid litigation, Sterling VisionCare committed to ensure that accessible examination chairs are made available to...
Thompson v. Sutter Health
The Sutter Health network of hospitals, medical foundations and other health care service providers has agreed to improve health care access for its patients with mobility, vision, hearing, and speech disabilities.Under the terms of the Agreement reached in 2008, Sutter has been removing...
Tucker v. CA State Parks
In 2005, DRA reached a landmark statewide class action settlement with the California State Park System. Under the settlement, the state park agency agreed to improve access to its system of over 250 different parks through comprehensive barrier removal.The improvements include making a reasonable...
UC Berkeley Accommodations Initiative Structured Negotiations
Nationwide, college students with print disabilities - individuals who cannot read standard print because of vision, physical, developmental, or learning disabilities - face major barriers and disparities to academic success because colleges and universities fail to provide these...
United Spinal Association v. N.Y. Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
In July of 2011, DRA reached a settlement with the N.Y. Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) that resulted in the installation of an elevator at the Dyckman Street subway station. DRA represented the United Spinal Association, whose members live with physical disabilities due to spinal cord...
United Spinal Association, et al. v. Board of Elections (BOE)
In August of 2012, a Federal Judge ruled that New York City’s Board of Elections (BOE) fails to provide voters who use wheelchairs and scooters or have vision impairments with adequate access to vote at polling places.The Federal Court decision recognizes that New Yorkers with disabilities face...
Veterans for Common Sense (VCS), et al. v. Shinseki, et al.
In January 2013, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Despite this disappointment, the landmark case raised national awareness of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ serious deficiencies and delays in providing veterans with the mental health care treatment and benefit determination claims...
WRAP v. Newsom
DRA represented the Western Regional Advocacy Project and the Coalition on Homelessness in this lawsuit on behalf of people with psychiatric and mobility disabilities who experienced barriers in San Francisco's homeless shelter system. DRA reached a settlement with the City that was approved by the...