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ADA LAW TURNS 25
Progress made in Manteca after spat of legal actions
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Brad Peters, center, discusses mobility on a field trip around Manteca. - photo by Bulletin file photo
It was a watershed moment in Manteca’s ADA-compatibility fight. On one end there was the defiant business owner who had begrudgingly made as few modifications as possible after getting slapped with a lawsuit by an overzealous former attorney who cruised into town and papered nearly every single Mom-and-Pop business he could. On the other end was the quadriplegic who had made his personal mission to distinguish himself from the man that had become a pariah around town and went so far as to visit various businesses and give them tips on what they could do to not get sued in the future.