[nfb-talk] CA Target case gets class action status!

Sat Oct 6 06:48:52 CDT 2007

Sure 'nuff. I completed the purchase, and the process was  
straightforward and trouble-free.
On Oct 6, 2007, at 1:11 AM, Mike Freeman wrote:

> Were you able to actually complete a purchase? If so, you should  
> tell Jim McCarthy.
>
> Mike
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> Re: [nfb-talk] CA Target case gets class action status!
> Except that the site *is* accessible now. I was just shopping on it a
> month o six week ago with no difficulty.
> On Oct 5, 2007, at 7:45 AM, Chris Westbrook wrote:
>> Just curious why there isn't a response from hte federation to
>> Target's
>> claim that there site is now accessible and NFB says so.  We can't  
>> let
>> something like that stand.  That just makes us look stupid.
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>> From: "David Andrews" < mailto:dandrews at visi.com dandrews at visi.com
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>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:56 PM
>> Subject: [nfb-talk] CA Target case gets class action status!
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Suit Against Target Over Access By Blind Gets Class-Action
>>>> Status
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> By KEVIN KINGSBURY
>>>>> October 3, 2007 1:08 p.m.
>>>>>
>>>>> A federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging
>>>> that
>>>>> Target
>>>> < http://online.wsj.com/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=tgt  
>>>> http://online.wsj.com/quotes/main.html?type=djn&symbol=tgt
>>
>>>> Corp.
>>>>> is breaking California and federal law by making its Web site
>>>> essentially
>>>>> unusable for the blind.
>>>>>
>>>>> The plaintiffs have said there is technology that has been
>>>> adopted by
>>>> other
>>>>> firms to make Web sites usable for the blind, but Target hasn't
>>>> done so.
>>>>> Reading software can vocalize invisible code embedded beneath
>>>> computer
>>>>> graphics and describe content on a Web page.
>>>>>
>>>>> Granting class-action status allows blind people throughout the
>>>> country
>>>> who
>>>>> have tried to access Target.com to become plaintiffs in the suit,
>>>> which
>>>>> alleges violations with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
>>>>>
>>>>> Judge Marilyn Hall Patel also approved a separate class made up
>>>> of
>>>>> California blind residents who have tried to access Target.com to
>>>> address
>>>>> the suit's charges that Target is violating state civil- and
>>>> disabled-rights
>>>>> laws. The suit contends some 10,000 people in California alone
>>>> use reading
>>>>> software to access the Internet.
>>>>>
>>>>> "This is a tremendous step forward for blind people throughout
>>>> the country
>>>>> who for too long have been denied equal access to the Internet
>>>> economy,
>>>> said
>>>>> Dr. Marc Maurer, president of the National Federation of the
>>>> Blind. "All
>>>>> e-commerce businesses should take note of this decision and
>>>> immediately
>>>> take
>>>>> steps to open their doors to the blind."
>>>>>
>>>>> Judge Patel noted in her ruling, dated Friday, that Target has
>>>> made some
>>>>> modifications to its Web site since the suit's filing in early
>>>> 2006 to
>>>> make
>>>>> the site more blind-accessible. With those changes, Target
>>>> claimed the
>>>> suit
>>>>> is now moot. Judge Patel ruled against that argument.
>>>>>
>>>>> In a statement, Target said, "We believe that our Web site is
>>>> fully
>>>>> accessible and complies with all applicable laws. As our online
>>>> business
>>>> has
>>>>> evolved, we have made significant enhancements to improve the
>>>> experience
>>>> of
>>>>> our guests who use assistive technologies." The company also
>>>> noted a
>>>>> federation email "confirms the usability of our Web site."
>>>>>
>>>>> The retailer will appeal the class-action certification and said,
>>>> "We will
>>>>> continue to implement new technologies the enhance the usability
>>>> of our
>>>> Web
>>>>> site for all our guests."
>>>>>
>>>>> The federation filed the suit, originally made in California
>>>> state court
>>>> in
>>>>> February 2006 and moved at Target's request to San Francisco
>>>> federal court
>>>>> the following month, on behalf of northern California resident
>>>> Bruce
>>>> Sexton,
>>>>> a group member. The suit alleged that "due to Target's failure
>>>> and refusal
>>>>> to remove access barriers to Target.com, blind individuals have
>>>> been and
>>>> are
>>>>> being denied equal access to Target stores" and the "service and
>>>> benefits
>>>>> offered to the public through Target.com."
>>>>>
>>>>> Judge Patel ruled that Mr. Sexton hasn't demonstrated he himself
>>>> has been
>>>>> harmed by Target, but that some potential class members could
>>>> likely may
>>>> the
>>>>> same allegations as Mr. Sexton. As a result, a new class
>>>> representative
>>>> must
>>>>> be found.
>>>>>
>>>>> Write to Kevin Kingsbury at mailto:kevin.kingsbury at dowjones.com  
>>>>> kevin.kingsbury at dowjones.com
>>>>>
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