[blindlaw] nfb v. target

[Mehgan Sidhu]

Steve,

In addition to the ADA claim, the lawsuit was brought under California's Unruh Act and Disabled Person's Act, both of which provide for minimum statutory damages ($4,000 and $1,000 per violation, respectively).  Under the agreement, members of the California class who are legally blind, had attempted to use Target.com between February 7, 2003 and December 9, 2008, and experienced significant barriers were eligible for damages of up to $3,500 per violation for a maximum of 2 violations.

A copy of the settlement is available at the following site:
http://www.nfbtargetlawsuit.com/final_settlement.html 

Mehgan Sidhu 
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
120 East Baltimore Street, Suite 1700
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
410-962-1030 x1324
410-385-0869 (fax)
ms at browngold.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve P. Deeley
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 4:31 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] nfb v. target

This is ridiculous!  How were these people damaged?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mehgan Sidhu" <ms at browngold.com>
To: <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 3:20 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] nfb v. target


> To answer the recent questions posted about the Target case, the final 
> settlement hearing took place on March 9th.  I understand from our counsel 
> in California, Larry Paradis of DRA and Josh Konecky, that there were no 
> objectors and the Judge was pleased with the resolution of the case.   The 
> settlement is not fully "final" until the time for any appeals has run - 
> which is about 30 days.  Given there were no objectors, it is highly 
> unlikely that any appeals will be filed.  The judge has not yet made a 
> ruling on attorneys fees, but that will not hold up enforcement of the 
> settlement.
>
>
>
> As for disbursements, assuming there are no appeals, the claims administer 
> has 45 days from the final approval date to disburse funds to claimants. 
> I do not know the final tally of approved claimants, though I think there 
> were several hundred.  I will pass that information along when I have it.
>
>
>
> We will now be working on enforcing the settlement commitments that Target 
> made with respect to the accessibility of the website.
>
>
> Mehgan Sidhu
> Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
> 120 East Baltimore Street, Suite 1700
> Baltimore, Maryland 21202
> 410-962-1030 x1324
> 410-385-0869 (fax)
> ms at browngold.com<mailto:ms at browngold.com>
> www.browngold.com<http://www.browngold.com/>
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