[nfb-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Secures Court Ruling Against Cardtronics

[Ashley Bramlett]

hope they make them accessible

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From: David Andrews
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Subject: [nfb-talk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Secures Court 
Ruling Against Cardtronics


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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>Chris Danielsen
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>Director of Public Relations
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>National Federation of the Blind
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>(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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>(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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>cdanielsen at nfb.org
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>National Federation of the Blind Secures
>  Court Ruling Against Cardtronics
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>Company Must Make ATMs Accessible or Face Sanctions
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>Baltimore, Maryland (December 19, 2011): A federal court has found that 
>Cardtronics, Inc., has failed to comply with the terms of a settlement and 
>subsequent remediation plan reached with the National Federation of the 
>Blind (NFB) and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to make all of the 
>automated teller machines owned by Cardtronics accessible to the blind.  In 
>an order dated December 15, 2011, the Honorable Nathaniel M. Gorton of the 
>United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts found that 
>Cardtronics had not complied with the terms of the settlement agreement or 
>remediation plan and that civil contempt was therefore appropriate.  Judge 
>Gorton ordered Cardtronics to comply with the remaining terms by March 15, 
>2012, or face monetary sanctions of $50 per month for each ATM that 
>remained inaccessible to blind users­giving the company the “Shakespearean 
>warning” to “beware the ides of March.”
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>“Instead of admitting their non-compliance and promising better effort, 
>defendants disingenuously claim they have complied in spite of a plethora 
>of evidence to the contrary,” Judge Gorton wrote in his memorandum opinion. 
>“The deadlines they have consistently missed were, ironically, the ones 
>they proposed in the first place.”
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>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: 
>“It is critical that blind Americans have access to all of the technologies 
>that are now a part of everyday life in the twenty-first century if we are 
>to achieve full and equal integration into society, and this includes the 
>technology necessary to handle our finances.  Toward that end, we reached 
>an agreement with Cardtronics to make its ATMs accessible, and when 
>problems arose and initial deadlines were missed, we worked in good faith 
>with the company to come up with a workable remediation plan.  Sadly, 
>however, Cardtronics has not complied with the agreed terms of the 
>remediation plan.  We are therefore pleased with the court’s decision 
>requiring Cardtronics to meet its legal obligations.”
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>About the National Federation of the Blind
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>With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the 
>largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in the 
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>improves blind people’s lives through advocacy, education, research, 
>technology, and programs encouraging independence and self-confidence.  It 
>is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the 
>nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of 
>the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the 
>United States for the blind led by the blind.  Please visit our Web site: 
><http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org.
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