Businesses face costly ADA battles over websites that are inaccessible to blind, deaf
LifeZette
Businesses across the United States increasingly are facing lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act. It is not due to a failure build ramps or elevators at their stores, but over allegations of a different kind of inaccessibility — their websites.
Extra Paperwork Triggers EEOC To File ADA Suit In South Carolina
Mondaq News Alerts
The EEOC recently filed a disability discrimination suit in a South Carolina federal court (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Correct Care Solutions, LLC). The complaint alleges that Correct Care Solutions, LLC, (“Correct Care”) fired an employee because of her disability in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Lab technician alleges Hunt Regional Medical Center guilty of disability discrimination
Southeast Texas Record
A Greenville woman is suing a Texas medical center, alleging employment discrimination.
Lauren Hajek filed a complaint June 29 in the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas against Hunt Regional Medical Partners, doing business as a Hunt Regional Medical Center, alleging disability discrimination and retaliation.
According to the complaint, while Hajek was employed as a laboratory technician in the microbiology department at Hunt Regional Medical Center, she was subjected to a hostile work environment and unprofessional behavior created by management.
Specifically, the suit says management often criticized and belittled Hajek, causing emotional distress that, in turn, induced seizures, including one seizure Hajek suffered July 16, 2014, for which she was admitted to the defendant's emergency room. While there, a physician advised Hajek not to work for two days, the lawsuit states. Then, on July 18, 2014, Hunt Regional terminated Hajek's employment due to her medical condition, according to the suit.
The complaint alleges the defendant's actions constitute disability discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Hajek seeks statutory damages, back pay and front pay, lost wages and benefits, monetary losses, liquidated damages, attorney fees and other court costs. She is represented by attorney John E. Wall Jr. of the Law Offices of John E. Wall Jr. in Dallas.
Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas case number 4:15-cv-00434-ALM-CAN.
Celebrating Access Today: Enforcing Accessibility in Youth Sports
The Justice Blog
Twenty-five years ago, with the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), our nation committed itself to the elimination of discrimination against people with disabilities. In honor of the 25th anniversary of the ADA, each month, the Department of Justice is highlighting efforts that are opening gateways to full participation and opportunity for people with disabilities. This month, we spotlight the story of a child named Brahm and how the Department of Justice’s work enforcing the ADA is improving full and equal access to youth athletics in Colorado. Participating in athletic competition is a formative experience for children across this country, and children with disabilities are entitled to participate equally in youth sports.
Genesee County woman sues over lack of disabled parking at Detroit Lions games
MLive.com
Detroit Lions season ticket holder Sharina Jones, listed in court documents as a resident of Genesee County, is suing after a foul-up in a parking garage Oct. 25, the day the the Lions lost 28-19 to the Minnesota Vikings at Ford Field.
Jones, who uses a wheelchair, is suing Olympia Entertainment, the owner of Lot Y near Ford Field, because she said legally required accommodations weren't made by staff to facilitate her parking and wheelchair access.
She's asking for damages and attorney’s fees.