[Tn-talk] FW: National Federation of the Blind Lawsuit Addressing Web Accessibility Will Proceed

[Seay, Michael]

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Subject: National Federation of the Blind Lawsuit Addressing Web
Accessibility Will Proceed

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

National Federation of the Blind Lawsuit 
Addressing Web Accessibility Will Proceed
 
Target Cannot Appeal Class Action Certification Ruling
 
Baltimore, Maryland (January 2, 2008):  The United States Court of
Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has denied Target Corporation's petition
for an interlocutory appeal of the District Court's order granting class
action certification to a lawsuit filed against the retailer by the
National Federation of the Blind for Target's failure and refusal to
make its Web site fully accessible to blind shoppers.  As a result, the
suit will proceed against Target on behalf of all blind Americans, as
well as for a subclass of all blind Californians.  
 
Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
said: "We are pleased that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has
allowed our lawsuit against Target to move forward on its merits.
Target can no longer delay being held accountable to the blind of the
nation for denying us access to its Web site."  
 
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About the National Federation of the Blind
 
With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is
the largest and most influential membership organization of blind people
in the United States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives through
advocacy, education, research, technology, and programs encouraging
independence and self-confidence.  It is the leading force in the
blindness field today and the voice of the nation's blind.  In January
2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan
Institute, the first research and training center in the United States
for the blind led by the blind.