[Nfbnet-members-list] Notice of ADA Website Accessibility Class Action Settlement: Douglass v. P.C. Richard & Son, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-399 (W.D. Pa.)

[Pare, John]

Dear Fellow Federationists:

We were notified and asked to distribute the following information regarding a recent Americans with Disabilities Act settlement. The settlement requires P.C. Richard & Son, a retailer that sells home goods and appliances at its online store, to make its website and software applications nonvisually accessible. If you have any questions, please email or call East End Trial Group LLC. Their contact information is at the end of this email.

Warm regards,
John



On March 16, 2023, United States Magistrate Judge Maureen P. Kelly of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania preliminarily approved the attached class action settlement agreement resolving our client's disability discrimination claims against P.C. Richard & Son, LLC (“P.C. Richard”), a retailer that sells home goods and appliances at its online store, located at https://www.pcrichard.com/<https://www.pcrichard.com/>. You can access the class action settlement agreement, and other documents and information related to this class action case, by visiting https://www.PCRichardADAsettlement.com<https://www.pcrichardadasettlement.com/>.

Our client's lawsuit claimed that P.C. Richard failed to effectively communicate information at its online store to consumers who use screen readers, thereby denying these consumers full and equal access to P.C. Richard’s products and services.

Will you please share the following Notice with your members via email, social media, or newsletter on or before May 15, 2023? While we believe the relief described at https://www.PCRichardADAsettlement.com<https://www.pcrichardadasettlement.com/> is substantial, we want to make sure all class members (and organizations that advocate for them) have an opportunity to express their opinion.

Notice of Digital Accessibility Settlement Concerning www.pcrichard.com<http://www.pcrichard.com/>
A proposed settlement has been reached that would resolve the class action lawsuit Douglass v. P.C. Richard & Son, LLC, Case No. 2:22-cv-399 (W.D. Pa.). The lawsuit alleges that P.C. Richard violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101, et seq., by failing to take the necessary steps to ensure its website and mobile apps do not discriminate against individuals who are Blind and/or who have a Visual Disability. Under the settlement, P.C. Richard agrees to make its website, located at https://www.pcrichard.com/<https://www.pcrichard.com/>, mobile apps, and any new website or mobile app it develops or acquires accessible to individuals who are Blind and/or who have a Visual Disability. For a more complete summary of the terms of the proposed settlement, please visit https://www.PCRichardADAsettlement.com<https://www.pcrichardadasettlement.com/>. Have questions? Contact East End Trial Group at https://eastendtrialgroup.com<https://eastendtrialgroup.com>.

Our office is happy to pay the reasonable costs associated with your publication of this information.

For additional background, I have attached our client's class action complaint and the Court's opinion preliminarily approving the settlement.

Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to review any additional information.

Stephanie
smoore at eastendtrialgroup.com<mailto:smoore at eastendtrialgroup.com>
https://www.eastendtrialgroup.com/<https://www.eastendtrialgroup.com/>

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East End Trial Group LLC
6901 Lynn Way, Suite 215
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Tel. (724) 714-3095
smoore at eastendtrialgroup.com<mailto:smoore at eastendtrialgroup.com>
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