[blindlaw] touch screen credit terminals at C&K market

[craig.borne at dot.gov]

Call back the legal representative and ask where he/she received a law
degree; a refund may be in order.  The ADA, Title III applies to places
of public accommodation, such as supermarkets.  The ADA has absolutely
nothing to do with Federal funding or a Federal business -- whatever
that even is.  Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is tied to
Federal funding.

Go to www.ada.gov for some good resources on Title III entities to
combat legal reps who are clueless.

Craig

-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Mark BurningHawk
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 11:47 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List
Subject: [blindlaw] touch screen credit terminals at C&K market

Hello, list.

I would like legal advice concerning inaccessible touch-screen credit  
card terminals currently employed by my local supermarkets.  I shop at  
two stores in southern Oregon which use these devices; their only  
gesture toward access is a telephone keypad with which to input a  
PIN.  In speaking with the legal representative for C&K Market, the  
company which runs both these markets, he has told me that the ADA  
does not, in fact, cover these, since they are not a federal business  
and receive no federal money.  Having no further option, I told him  
that I would research the issue, the laws for the state of Oregon, if  
any, concerning these touch-screen terminals and get back to him.  Can  
someone point me in the right direction, if there is one, as to how I  
can get these touch-screens removed or supplemented with a credit card  
terminal accessible to a totally blind person?

Thanks for any information you can provide.  Have a great day! :)

Mark BurningHawk
Skype and Twitter:  BurningHawk1969
Home:  Http://MarkBurningHawk.net/
Namaste!


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