California Appellate Court Finds Inaccessible Website Violates ADA
The ruling from the Second District Court of Appeal upholds an injunction forcing a Los Angeles restaurant to make its website accessible with screen reader technology, which the visually impaired use to browse the internet.
September 04, 2019 at 05:09 PM
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The original version of this story was published on The Recorder
A California appellate court on Tuesday joined a number of courts across the country that have found the Americans with Disabilities Act applies to the websites of brick-and-mortar businesses.
In a 33-page published decision written by Justice Maria Stratton, the Second District Court of Appeal affirmed a lower court judgment finding that the owner of the Los Angeles restaurant The Whisper Lounge had violated the ADA—and, therefore, the state's anti-discrimination law—by failing to render its website accessible to blind customers.
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