Americans with Disabilities Act
MIT Website Captioning Settlement
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is settling a class action brought by the National Association of the Deaf and other plaintiffs alleging that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act. The lawsuit alleged that MIT did not provide captioning or provided inaccurate captioning for public content on its website to Read more
Levi’s Stadium Accessibility Settlement
A $24 million Damages Fund has been established as part of a settlement of a class action. The case was brought against Forty Niners Football Company, LLC, Forty Niners SC Stadium Company, LLC, Forty Niners Stadium Management Company, LLC, the City of Santa Clara, and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority. The complaint alleged violation of Read more
Chico’s FAS Website Accessibility for the Blind ADA Class Action
This is a civil rights case that centers around the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The complaint alleges that the website for Chico’s FAS, Inc. is not accessible to the blind or visually impaired. Read more
Uber Wheelchair-Accessible Vehicles ADA Discrimination Class Action
The complaint for this class action says that Uber Technologies, Inc. “is now a major provider of individual transportation services in over 450 cities in the United States…” Its market capitalization is over $75 billion. Yet Uber does not have adequate services for those who need wheelchair services. In Philadelphia, it offers no wheelchair service Read moreCoolspa Website Not Accessible to the Blind ADA Class Action
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is designed to help handicapped individuals to negotiate public facilities. The complaint for this class action alleges that Coolspa, Inc. violates this law by not making its website accessible to blind or visually-impaired persons. Read more
Shaky Knees Music Festival Website Accessibility to the Blind ADA Class Action
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has extended the realm of civil rights, so that disabled people can live independent lives. This class action takes issue with a website for the Shaky Knees Music Festival, which the complaint says is not accessible to the blind or visually impaired. The complaint brings suit under the ADA, Read more
Pittsburgh Public Schools Handcuffed Student ADA Class Action
This case takes on the handcuffing of an elementary-school child as a means of restraining him. The complaint for this class action argues that Pittsburgh Public Schools and its school officer were out of line in doing so, and violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Read more
Coinbase Website Barriers to Access by Blind ADA Class Action
A 2010 Census Bureau report says that there are roughly 8.1 million visually-impaired people in the US, including 2.0 million who are legally blind. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) tries to ensure that they can live mostly independent lives and take advantage of public accommodations offered to sighted people. But the complaint for this Read more
BJ’s Wholesale Club Website Access for the Blind ADA Class Action
This civil rights action concerns not discrimination on the basis of race or sex but the lack of access guaranteed to certain classes of disabled persons by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The complaint for this class action alleges that BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. does not make its website accessible to the blind. Read more
Payless ShoeSource Legally-Blind Use of Website ADA Class Action
Does a person with a disability have equal access to a bricks-and-mortar store if he can’t access its website to find out hours of operation or to order goods for pickup? The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires that businesses take steps so that people with certain disabilities can make equal use of public accommodations. Read more