[blindlaw] nfb v. target

Sun Mar 15 18:58:10 UTC 2009

I know that.  I appreciate all of the great discussion on the matter.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Danielsen" <cdanielsen8 at aol.com>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List'" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: [blindlaw] nfb v. target


> 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
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
> 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
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>
>> 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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