[Ohio-Talk] Fw: [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.)

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Date 4/25/2023 11:11:37 AM
Subject [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.)

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/. 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
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
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

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