FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 5, 2007
Federal judge certifies accessibility lawsuit against Target.com
A federal district court judge issued two landmark decisions Tuesday in a nationwide class action suit against Target charging that the retail giant has "failed and refused" to make its Web site accessible to the blind.
Brought by the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the suit charges that by failing to make its site accessible to blind users via vocalization software or other tools, Target has violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as well as two California civil rights statutes: the California Unruh Civil Rights Act and the California Disabled Persons Act.
In Tuesday's ruling, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel not only certified the case as a class action on behalf of blind Internet users nationwide under the ADA, she also held that Web sites such as Target.com are required by California law to be accessible. Injunctive relief and statutory minimum damages are at stake; the court denied Target's motion for summary judgment.
Read the complete article at E-Commerce Times.
