law314159 said:
In the state of VA we are required to disclose any drugs we may be taking for illnesses before getting a drivers license. I have a mental illness and take drugs for that, and I disclosed same. I have to have my doctor fill out a "Customer Medical Report" annually to keep my license. I recently neglected to get the report back to the DMV by the deadline and they suspended my license.
My question is this: Doesn't this violate my rights under the Americans with Disabilities act? They make it more difficult for me to maintain my license than any other citizen. I have to go through a process that no "well" citizen is required to go through. For example, shouldn't "ordinary" citizens have to get a note from their doctor declaring that they are not taking drugs annually?
Damn straight it does! That sounds pretty outrageous, but then again, that's Virginia for you.
We (you) just need to come to some sort of general figure that for your embarassment, shame, time wasted, etc. because of it. It gets a little complicated, so make sure you take notes. If you are under 65, then throw in a few weeks of lost pay as well. If you have a spouse, I smell a loss of consortium claim, too. If at all possible, see a chiropractor and find out of you have any soft tissue injuries as well as a result of this. If you have ever been institutionalized (and my guess is you sure have), then take the number of days in the hospital, multipled by the number of hours per day, divided by the number of
different medications you were prescribed, then multiple by the Manson Factor of .25 to obtain that figure. If your BMI is over 25, then subtract $5,000. If you have ever lived abroad for more than 6 consecutive months, subtract $2500. Intestinal parasites? Deduct $10,000. For every visit to Planned Parenthood, add $500. Take your shoe size (as an adult) multipled by your hat size, and add the square root of that to your total. Divide the number of hours per week you spend watching broadcast television (do
not include cable - they will find out if you try to), by the number of times you eat out during the same week (fast food included) and add that figure. Finally, if you have ever 1) been abducted by aliens; 2) personally saw Elvis within the last 8 years; 3) regularly hear voices when you're alone; or 4) have a nasty case of crabs, then subtract the natural logarithm of your age (in binary), multiplied by the cosecant of the angle of your dangle, and use that figure as the Lawsuit Exponent.
Factor all that together, multiply by 3.14159 and that's your starting figure to ask as compensation. You might also way to consult a financial planner to decide how to best invest your winnings. The tax consequences are really killer.
Good luck.
Sorry!