[nfbcs] Suing a seemingly accessible web site

[Kevin]

I agree with you.  It makes me so sick I could throw up!  This is the 
world we live in I'm sad to say.  No doubt any judge would laugh this 
out of court.


On 2/15/2019 10:03 PM, Christopher Chaltain via nfbcs wrote:
> I was contacted by a lawyer today because one of his clients is being 
> sued under the ADA because their web site is not accessible. I went to 
> the web site and I couldn't find a single issue with the site. In 
> fact, it may be the most accessible and easiest to use shopping site 
> I've ever visited. The web site is https://www.evolutionsalt.com/
>
> If anyone goes to the web site and finds any issues with it, please 
> let me know.
>
> I'm obviously very much in favor of making web sites accessible, and 
> I'm not opposed to using the ADA and a law suit as a last resort to 
> force a company in complying with the law. I'm also very much against 
> frivolous lawsuits against sites that are accessible just to get some 
> kind of a settlement for a nuisance lawsuit. I think this makes blind 
> people look bad and petty, and it makes it harder for us to address 
> issues with sites that are legitimately inaccessible.
>
> BTW, this lawyer just reached out to me since he knew I was blind and 
> used the web.
>
>

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