Closed Captioning on Gas Pump TVs — the New Frontier of Florida's ADA Suits?
Plaintiffs attorney Scott R. Dinin said he's fielded dozens of calls about the lack of closed captioning at South Florida gas pump televisions. But is the lack of closed captioning a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, or a stretch?
January 17, 2019 at 02:01 PM
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Serial plaintiff Alexander Johnson has brought a federal lawsuit against a Miami gas station because it doesn't have closed captioning on the television screens beside its pumps — an issue his lawyer Scott R. Dinin said is causing dozens of callers to contact his law firm.
As Johnson suffers from severe hearing loss, he's not privy to the news and commercials streamed while consumers fill their tanks at the Chevron station on Northwest 42nd Avenue, owned by RSJ Investments. And that, Johnson's lawsuit posits, is a violation of Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The ADA was enacted more than two decades ago to curb discrimination against people with disabilities, and according to Dinin, it's outrageous that there's still so much room for ADA lawsuits in South Florida.
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