Chris Langer

Disability: wheelchair bound and hard of hearing

Represented by:  the Potter Handy Firm ("Center for Disability Access")

Number of lawsuits filed: 5,000 +

Targets: any retail business

Chris Langer has been filing ADA lawsuits for  a decade or more. He is in his mid to late 50s and confined to a wheelchair. He alleges that he lives in San Diego but likes to drive to Los Angeles for his "ADA advocacy." He will sue any retail business, he does not discriminate.

In the past, Mr. Langer sued businesses over alleged architectural barriers. He has since expanded to include suing businesses over their websites, specifically over videos posted to their websites, allegedly lacking subtitles. He alleges he can not hear the videos and therefore is denied the same access as other customers.

Mr. Langer is clearly a K-Y jelly aficionado. In the case below, he testified that he had driven all the way to Glendale from San Diego, to buy K-Y jelly from a small pharmacy (an item that he could have bought at any drugstore near his house). 

Is Mr. Langer an advocate for the disabled or is he a profiteer? You be the judge. Examination by attorney Ara Sahelian:

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17· · · · Q.· · Do you like to drive to Los Angeles? 

18· · · · A.· · I like it, yeah, it doesn't bother me, yeah. 

19· · · · Q.· · Is there one or more reasons that you can tell 

20· ·me why you like to drive to Los Angeles? 

21· · · · A.· · You said Los Angeles? 

22· · · · Q.· · Yes. 

23· · · · A.· · Just to do stuff. 

24· · · · Q.· · Can you tell me what that means?· Stuff? 

25· · · · A.· · I like Venice Beach.· I like the Hollywood

·1· ·area.· Not much else. 

·2· · · · Q.· · What do you do when you go to Venice Beach? ·

.3· · · · A.· · I like to hang out on the boardwalk. 

·4· · · · Q.· · Is the boardwalk flat to your liking?

 ·5· · · · A.· · Yes. 

18· · · · Q.· · How did --?· Before you tell me that, how did 

19· ·you arrive at that neighborhood? 

20· · · · A.· · I was in the neighborhood at a mediation. 

21· · · · Q.· · Do you remember which case? 

22· · · · A.· · No. 

23· · · · Q.· · Do you remember what area? 

24· · · · A.· · It was on Brand.· Brand.· On Brand.· Nor -- 

25· ·Brand Avenue, Brand, Brand.

·1· · · · Q.· · What day was it? 

·2· · · · A.· · A weekday. 

·3· · · · Q.· · Can you tell me when, what day of the month, ·

.4· ·what year? 

·5· · · · A.· · It was I believe on the 27th of February. ·

.6· · · · Q.· · Of what year? 

·7· · · · A.· · 2018. 

·8· · · · Q.· · How do you know it was the 27th?

·9· · · · A.· · I -- I don't -- I'm not sure how I know. 

10· · · · Q.· · Do you keep a log? 

11· · · · A.· · Not really, no. 

12· · · · Q.· · Does that mean you sometimes keep a log? 

13· · · · A.· · Huh? 

14· · · · Q.· · Does that mean that you sometimes keep a log? 

15· · · · A.· · No, I don't keep a log. 

16· · · · Q.· · How do you manage to remember that it was the 

17· ·27th of February of 2018? 

18· · · · A.· · Maybe I conferred with my attorney about it. 

19· ·I forget how I knew the date. 

20· · · · Q.· · So what happened on that day exactly?· How did 

21· ·you -- in other words, how did you end up at the 

22· ·building? 

23· · · · A.· · Well, I was just driving down Colorado, and 

24· ·they have a sign that says pharmacy, so I went in there. 

25· · · · Q.· · What was the purpose of going in there?

·1· · · · A.· · To purchase K-Y Jelly.