[blindlaw] nfb v. target

Sat Mar 14 22:02:30 UTC 2009

Darn right. Being discriminated against is always psychologically damaging.
Look, Steve, the idea here is to show Target that it is wrong to
discriminate against blind people. Some greedy corporations don't understand
anything but money, so the legislature of California decided to impose a
specific cost per claim on them so that they would learn this lesson the
hard way. If corporations only had to payt ten cents every time they
discriminated against somebody, they might figure that it was easier just to
go right on discriminating. At $4,000 a pop--which isn't much money at all
when you're a company like Target--maybe, just maybe, they'll think twice
about it.

Chris

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From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Steve P. Deeley
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 9:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] nfb v. target

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>
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