Lawsuits under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or ADA, based upon a company’s alleged failure to make its website accessible to the visually impaired or legally blind exploded in 2017 and 2018. In Gil v. Winn-Dixie, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 90204, the only known website accessibility case to actually go to
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Website Accessibility Cases Under The ADA—What Are Owners And Operators To Do?
By Scott J. Topolski on
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When the Americans with Disabilities Act—the ADA—became law in 1990, websites, which are so common a part of business and life these days, did not exist. Nearly 30 years later, websites are now the driving force behind what is the most dramatic new and growing trend for lawsuits under the ADA, namely claims against owners…
ADA Lawsuits: Are Major Changes Coming?
By Scott J. Topolski on
Posted in Americans with Disabilities Act
When Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act, or the ADA as it is routinely referred to, in 1990 it probably could not have envisioned the sheer number of lawsuits that would be filed under the ADA in the ensuing years. While there have been some ebbs and flows in the volume of such…
Trending: Website Accessibility Lawsuits Under the ADA
By Scott J. Topolski on
Posted in Americans with Disabilities Act
Since the Americans with Disabilities Act–often referred to as the ADA—was passed by Congress in 1990, lawsuits under the Act have been quite common. These lawsuits, until recently, have focused on physical or architectural barriers to places of public accommodation such as restaurants, retail stores and strip malls. The emphasis has been on items…