Disabled 'Serial Plaintiff' Who Sued 800 California Businesses Deported to Mexico Scott Kaufman - The Raw Story
go to original August 5, 2014

A notorious Southern California “professional plaintiff” who made almost $1.2 million by suing local business owners over 800 times has been deported to Mexico.

Alfredo Garcia severed his spinal cord in 1996 after he fell out of a tree while picking avocados. At the time of the accident, Garcia was both intoxicated and high on cocaine. In the 18 years since, he has made a living suing businesses for failing to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Eyewitness News reported that the majority of the businesses targeted by Garcia are “small mom-and-pop type businesses,” though he has filed suits against national corporations like Wal-Mart, Bank of America, and Jamba Juice.

Garcia’s modus operandi is to find businesses with minor ADA violations — like fixtures in a restroom that are inaccessible to wheelchair-bound individuals or disabled parking spaces without a ramp for wheelchair access — and then settle with the businesses before the case goes to trial.

...Garcia’s typical haul in these out-of-court settlements is $2,000, and it is pure profit, as he is usually able to convince the court that he lacks the funds to pay court fees.

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Screen capture of Alfredo Garcia via ABC 7 Eyewitness News

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