Public Accommodations Under ADA Limited to Actual, Physical Places, with Website Accessibility Claims Permitted Only for Intangible Barriers to Access
Posted on Apr 30, 2021 in Consumer Protection | Comments Off on Public Accommodations Under ADA Limited to Actual, Physical Places, with Website Accessibility Claims Permitted Only for Intangible Barriers to Access
The fact that a website was incompatible with screen-reader software for visually impaired users was held insufficient (without more) to state a claim for public-accommodation discrimination under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, in Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores. Inc., 2021 WL 1289906 (11th Cir. Apr. 7, 2021). The Eleventh Circuit held in a majority opinion by Judge Lisa...
Police Detective Can’t Be Fired for Inability to Receive Taser Shock, Holds Divided Panel on Remand from En Banc Court
Posted on Aug 22, 2019 in Employment Law and Employee Benefits | Comments Off on Police Detective Can’t Be Fired for Inability to Receive Taser Shock, Holds Divided Panel on Remand from En Banc Court
On August 15, 2019, the Eleventh Circuit decided the employment discrimination case of Lewis v. City of Union City, 2019 WL 3821804, that had been remanded from the en banc court, having decided that the appropriate standard for comparator evidence is whether the proposed comparators are “similarly situated in all material respects.” The panel’s new opinion greatly resembles its first...
Court Rejects ADA Exhaustion Argument for Closed Captions
Posted on Sep 28, 2018 in Consumer Protection | Comments Off on Court Rejects ADA Exhaustion Argument for Closed Captions
The court held this week that the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, which creates an administrative procedure to address videos lacking closed captions before the FCC, does not create an administrative exhaustion requirement for bringing similar issues under the ADA. Sierra v. City of Hallandale Beach, Florida, (No. 18-10740 11th Cir. Sept. 27th,...
Remediation Plans Don’t Necessarily Moot Independent Claims for Similar Injunctive Relief Under the ADA
Posted on Jun 21, 2018 in Civil Procedure | Comments Off on Remediation Plans Don’t Necessarily Moot Independent Claims for Similar Injunctive Relief Under the ADA
Can a remediation plan designed to settle one lawsuit moot claims for similar injunctive relief in another case? Maybe in some contexts, but the Eleventh Circuit rejected that argument on the facts presented in Haynes v. Hooters of America, LLC, 2018 WL 3030840 (11th Cir. June 19, 2018), an ADA dispute over website accessibility for the blind. Haynes had sued for declaratory and...
ADA and RA Protect Hospital Patients’ Ability to Exchange Medically Relevant Information
Posted on May 10, 2017 in Consumer Protection, Jurisdiction | Comments Off on ADA and RA Protect Hospital Patients’ Ability to Exchange Medically Relevant Information
In Silva v. Baptist Health South Florida, Inc., 2017 WL 1830158 (11th Cir. May 8, 2017), the Eleventh Circuit clarified the standard for liability for ADA and RA effective-communication claims against hospitals. The court held that “the relevant inquiry is whether the hospitals’ failure to offer an appropriate auxiliary aid impaired the patient’s ability to exchange medically relevant...