Labor/Employment,
California Courts of Appeal
Jul. 2, 2020
Growing court consensus on businesses websites and ADA
A Court of Appeal ruling recently added to the growing number of California state and federal courts holding that the websites of businesses that are connected to a “brick and mortar” physical location are covered by the ADA if there is a “sufficient nexus between the claimed barriers and the plaintiff’s ability to use or enjoy the goods and services offered at the defendant’s physical facilities.
Kristina M. Launey
Managing Partner, Sacramento
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
400 Capitol Mall #2350
Sacramento , CA 95814
Phone: (916) 448-0159
Email: klauney@seyfarth.com
Kristina is in the firm's Labor and Employment Department.
Over 2,250 lawsuits were filed in federal courts each year in 2018 and 2019 alleging websites of businesses that are not accessible to people with disabilities violate Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Many more such lawsuits were filed in California state courts (usually alleging violation of California's Unruh Act based upon an underlying ADA violation) or resolved at the demand letter stage. Because the vast majority of these lawsuits resolve throug...
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