October 28, 2005

Crips sue Detroit over faulty curb cuts

The Michigan Paralyzed Veterans of America has sued the city of Detroit over sidewalk curb ramps they say are defective or too steep -- or missing altogether. The Americans with Disabilities Act requires curb cuts to be added when a street is resurfaced, says the suit, and lists a number of intersections recently resurfaced with have defective curb cuts -- or none at all.

"The complaint sets out hundreds of examples of defective curb ramps installed by the city in the last year and a half," attorney J. Mark Finnega told reporters.

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Posted on October 28, 2005