The Arizona Attorney General’s Office filed a motion to stop what it describes as improper serial lawsuits filed by Mr. Peter Strojnik against Arizona businesses. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office filed a motion to to intervene in a pending federal appeal involving Strojnik.
Fifteen of Strojnik’s suits were dismissed by U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow, who also consolidated the rest for an appeal to the Ninth Circuit. The Attorney General’s motion to intervene in this appeal is part of his broader efforts to protect Arizona businesses by shutting down Mr. Strojnik’s “abusive litigation tactics.”
In recent years, Strojnik has filed nearly 2,000 disability lawsuits in Arizona where he demands huge settlement amounts, including from small businesses that do not have legal counsel. The Arizona Attorney General’s Office intervened in state court and obtained a dismissal of more than 1,000 of these lawsuits. Undeterred, Strojnik filed 140 new lawsuits in federal court.
The federal court has responded with sharp criticisms for Strojnik’s litigation tactics, calling these suits “cookie-cutter lawsuits” “right down to the same typographical errors,” while noting that Strojnik engaged in “unethical extortion of unreasonable attorney’s fees.”
A decision on the State’s motion to intervene will likely be released later in the summer.