[NFBF-L] FW: Court hands victory to blind man who sued Domino's over Web site accessibility

[Kaye Baker]

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From: Alan <adicey415 at gmail.com> 
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Subject: Court hands victory to blind man who sued Domino's over Web site
accessibility

I am so happy about this.
So much more would have been riding on it if the Supreme Court had taken it
on.

October 8, 2019,  ,
From: Kelly Gasque via announce
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2019 10:29 AM
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Subject: [announce] Article: Supreme Court hands victory to blind man who
sued Domino's over Web site accessibility

Supreme Court hands victory to blind man who sued Domino's over site
accessibility

Article Link:
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/07/dominos-supreme-court.html

 a.. The Supreme Court denied a petition from pizza giant Domino's on Monday
to hear whether its website is required to be accessible to the disabled,
leaving in place a lower court decision against the company.
 b.. The case was originally brought by a blind man named Guillermo Robles,
who sued the pizza chain after he was unable to order food on Domino's
website and mobile app despite using screen-reading software.
 c.. The decision not to grant the case is a loss for the company and a win
for disability advocates, who have argued that, if businesses do not have to
maintain accessible sites, disabled people could be effectively shut out of
substantial portions of the economy.
The Supreme Court denied a petition from pizza giant Domino's on Monday to
hear whether its website is required to be accessible to the disabled,
leaving in place a lower court decision against the company.

The decision not to grant the case is a loss for the company and a win for
disability advocates, who have argued that, if businesses do not have to
maintain accessible sites, disabled people could be effectively shut out of
substantial portions of the economy.

The decision from the justices was announced in an order.

The case was originally brought by a blind man named Guillermo Robles, who
sued the pizza chain after he was unable to order food on Domino's website
and mobile app despite using screen-reading software.

Attorneys for Robles argued in court papers that the Americans with
Disabilities Act requires businesses with physical locations to make their
websites and other online platforms accessible to those with disabilities.

A panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Robles, writing
that the "inaccessibility of Domino's website and app impedes access to the
goods and services of its physical pizza franchises-which are places of
public accommodation."

Domino's urged the Supreme Court to review the decision. By declining to do
so, the court's decision on Monday will leave the ruling in place.

Attorneys for Domino's, backed by a range of business groups, argued that
the ADA does not apply to online platforms that were not envisioned when the
law was passed in 1990. And, they said, no clear rules exist for how to make
their platforms properly accessible.

The lawsuit is one of an increasing number filed over website accessibility
in recent years. Last year, more than 2,200 such suits were filed in federal
courts, according to the accessible technology firm UsableNet, nearly
tripling the number a year before.

The case is known as Domino's Pizza v. Guillermo Robles, No. 18-1539.

With best regards.
God Bless.
Alan
Plantation, Sunny South Florida