Arizona’s attorney general is asking a judge to dismiss more than 1,000 lawsuits filed by a controversial advocacy group against local businesses. The group Advocates for Individuals with Disabilities, known as AID, has been fighting the state in court for months.
Attorney General Mark Brnovich intervened in the cases earlier this year, arguing the non-profit AID is abusing the judicial system through serial litigation. The lawsuits against businesses are mostly brought under Arizona’s version of the Americans with Disabilities Act and generally cite minor parking lot violations like the height of sign.
AID tends to demand thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees, and many businesses end up settling rather than go to court.
Brnovich had said the group is using the law to enrich itself, but lawyers for AID push back. They say that they’re fighting for civil rights and that the state has not done enough to ensure businesses comply with the law.
