supreme court accessibility screen reader

In Domino’s the Plaintiff, a blind person, was unable to make a custom pizza order on Domino’s website or mobile phone app. Guillermo Robles, letting stand a Ninth Circuit decision permitting a web accessibility lawsuit to proceed. On October 7, 2019, the United States Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari filed in Domino’s Pizza, LLC v. First, does there need to be a nexus between the website and a physical location in order for the ADA’s accessibility requirements to apply? Second, what standards will be used to judge whether a website is accessible? Recently the United States Supreme Court declined an opportunity to address the law applicable to such claims, leaving businesses with little clarity as to what potential exposure they face. The law that has developed throughout the country on web accessibility is not consistent, primarily with respect to two issues. According to a report in the National Law Review more than 2,000 such lawsuits were filed in 2018, and plaintiffs are on track to file more than 3,000 lawsuits in 2019. Domino's Effect: Supreme Court Declines Opportunity to Clarify Web Accessibility Lawīusinesses are increasingly facing lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regarding whether their websites are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Supreme court accessibility screen reader