[blindlaw] nfb v. target

[Steve P. Deeley]

I'm quite certain there was psychological damage as well, right???
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Clark" <dennisgclark at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] nfb v. target


> They were damaged in that they were not able to place orders on Targets
> website using screen readers.  As a result you would have to make 
> purchases
> on the Target website using sighted assistance, likely paid assistance, or
> you would have to go to a Target store.  If retailers like Target do not
> wish to make their websites available to all people, all they need to do 
> is
> take the website down, and we can all go to the store in person to make 
> our
> purchases.
> All the best,
> Dennis
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve P. Deeley" <stevep.deeley at insightbb.com>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 1:31 PM
> 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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