The Sam Bernstein Law Firm , formerly known as Sam Bernstein Law Offices and The Law Offices of Samuel I. Bernstein, is an American law firm, located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The company specializes in personal injury law. In 2008, its main office employs about 50 employees.
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History
The company was founded in 1968. Sam Bernstein is a graduate of Mumford High School.
Mark and Beth Bernstein are currently working at The Sam Bernstein Law Firm, but Richard H. Bernstein left the company after the 2014 election as a judge to the Michigan Supreme Court.
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Famous cases
Detroit Transportation Department
The Sam Bernstein Law Firm filed a lawsuit against the city of Detroit on behalf of five disabled Detroit residents, claiming that half of the city buses lack the work-wheelchair lifts as required by Federal law. The plaintiffs stated that they were forced to wait in bad weather for a long time as a result of this violation. The US Justice Department then intervened in the case, forcing the city to settle the lawsuit. The deal, ordered by the US Department of Justice on November 4, 2005, requires the city to test its bus wheel lifts every day, improving its driver and mechanics training and directing its buses to surprise evaluations.
University of Michigan - Michigan Stadium
The company handled the case on behalf of Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America against the University of Michigan who claimed that the Michigan Stadium violated the Americans with Disabilities Act in a $ 226 million renovation for failing to add enough seats to disabled enthusiasts or accommodating the needs for the disabled. toilets, concessions and parking. The US Justice Department assists in the lawsuit, which was finalized in March 2008. The consent decree, signed by US District Court Judge Sean Cox requires the stadium to add 329 wheelchair chairs throughout the stadium in 2010, and an additional 135 seats accessible at the clubhouse to go along with the existing 88 wheelchair seats. Schools will also increase the accessibility of wheelchair parking, access routes, toilets, concessions and other facilities. The player's locker room and the trainer's office can also be accessed by disabled journalists.
Road Commission for Oakland County
The company filed a federal suit on behalf of three people with disabilities in Oakland County, a Michigan resident. The lawsuit claims that the plan by the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) to install a roundabout in three different West Bloomfields, the Michigan intersection is incompatible with America's Disabilities Act of 1990 and prevents disabled pedestrians from moving around the region. The lawsuit claims that the roundabout is not safe for pedestrians who are blind and disabled. The case reached an agreement in March 2008 for the installation of roundabout safety equipment at each location at each roundabout entry point. If security equipment fails, the public may face a federal mandate to tear the roundabout.
The Sam Bernstein Law Firm represents five disabled passengers in a lawsuit filed against Northwest Airlines (NWA) and Wayne County Airport Airport, claiming that the NWA and the Airport Authority violated the Americans with the Disabilities Act of 1990, the Carrier Act and Rehabilitation Act. The lawsuit alleges that Detroit Metro Airport and the NWA have dropped passengers to the floor, refusing them accessible parking, damaged wheelchairs and failing to provide an area for guide dogs to escape. Furthermore, the lawsuit alleges that Detroit Metro Airport may violate federal laws developed to improve access for physically disabled persons.
On September 3, 2008, US District Court Judge George Caram Steeh III ruled that the ADA applies to airlines. According to expert Gary Talbot from Boston, formerly of the US Access Board, the rule means the slope of the floor, platform rises, counter height, bathrooms, how the wheelchair is handled and anything related to Metro Airport must conform to ADA architecture guidelines.
On September 27, 2011, a directive at the US District Court in Detroit ruled about 60 disputed items in the lawsuit had reached a settlement. The order was signed by Judge Steeh, Delta Air Lines (who became part of the lawsuit when buying Northwest Airlines during the lawsuit) and the Airport Authority to make significant changes to make them comply with American law with Disabilities Act.. The order includes changes to McNamara Terminal Detroit Metro Airport, North Terminal, parking garage, Westin Hotel and airport shuttle bus. The court also ruled that airlines and airport authorities violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by not providing accessible routes from the elevator disposal area to the pedestrian bridge at the airport in Romulus, southwest of Detroit.
The lawsuit was dismissed as part of the agreement for the increase, and airports and airlines did not recognize any errors or obligations, as part of the agreement.
American Bar Association
The Sam Bernstein Law Firm filed a lawsuit against the American Bar Association (ABA) on behalf of a blind school applicant legally Angelo Binno, a resident of West Bloomfield, Michigan. The complaint alleges that by encouraging law schools to use the Law School Registration Test (LSAT) in its accreditation rules, ABA implements unfair tests that require "spatial reasoning and the ability to create diagrams" that discriminate against blind and blind students. The lawsuit alleges that the ABA has thus failed to comply with the United States with the Disabilities Act of 1990. The lawsuit seeks court decisions and declarations and neglect of the Legal School Entry Test (LSAT) for Binno due to visual impairment
The International Triathlon Union, USA Triathlon, and 3-D Racing
The Sam Bernstein Law Firm represents Aaron Scheidies, a seven-time world champion and 8-times world class champion, in a lawsuit filed in federal court against The International Triathlon Union, the USA Triathlon and 3-D Racing that claim the organization violates Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The lawsuit claims that the rules of the triathlon group, adopted in March 2010, require that visually impaired runners wearing dark glasses in competition are discriminatory and dangerous. Officials from the triathlon group said the rule was in place to equate competition among blind competitors and allow the inclusion of triathlons at the 2016 Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The case was resolved in August 2012 when Judge Patrick J. Duggan ruled that no sunglasses were imposed by athletes with visual impairment and the defendants agreed to ask Scheidies to help rewrite the rules of accommodation in races for those with visual impairments. The rules should be completed by October 2012.
New York City and New York City Transportation Department
The company filed a lawsuit in federal court against New York City and New York City Department of Transport, claiming Central Park is inaccessible to blind visitors, visually impaired and disabled because of unregulated roads around the park, which visitors to the park must cross to enter. The complaint further states that New York City has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 by failing to stop cyclists desperate to use the highway. The lawsuit asked the city to make plans to make Central Park safe for people with disabilities.
The lawsuit was prompted after cyclists speeding up Richard Bernstein as he walked in Central Park in August 2012. The cyclist traveled at 35 mph, 10 mph over the speed limit. Bernstein falls his first face into the asphalt and suffers from facial blisters requiring surgery, tooth decay and broken hip fractures.
Opioid Claim
In November 2017, it was announced that Mark Bernstein had been maintained (along with Weitz & Luxenberg PC) to represent Wayne County, Oakland County, Delta County, Saginaw County, Grand Traverse County and Detroit and Lansing cities in a lawsuit against the company pharmacy over the marketing tactics and sales of opioid pain killers. In December 2017, it was announced that Genesee County also retained a lawyer in connection with the lawsuit.
The famous lawyer
Mark Bernstein
Mark Bernstein served in the White House Press Building as director of the White House operating pool during the Clinton administration. Mark was appointed to the Michigan Civil Rights Commission by Governor Jennifer Granholm in 2004. His term was completed in late 2006. He taught about legal practice, civil rights and political activism at the University of Michigan Law School and the University of Michigan College. Literature, Science, and Art. In November 2012, he was elected by state-of-the-art election to serve on the University Board of Michigan.
Richard Bernstein
Richard Bernstein has been blind since birth as a result of retinitis pigmentosa.
Bernstein has taught as a professor at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and served on the Board of Governors of Wayne State University for a period of eight years, including two years as vice chairman and two as chairman, until deciding not to seek a selection in 2010. He was featured on CNN as the leader in "Keeping Them Honest" and was chosen by Crain's Detroit Business as one of "40 Under 40." In 2009, Bernstein was appointed "Leader in Law" by Michigan Lawyers Weekly for his work in the advocacy of the rights of the disabled. In 2010, Richard ran for General Attorney in the State of Michigan but lost the Michigan Democratic Party's support to David Leyton.
In the midterm elections of 2014, Richard won the election to the Michigan Supreme Court and was sworn in as the first blind justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan on January 1, 2015. His final day at Sam Bernstein Law Firm was December 31, 2014.
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