Beachbody class action claims website denies blind, visually impaired users equal access to goods, services

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Beachbody class action overview: 

• Who: Beachbody is facing a class action lawsuit which could include 8.1 million people in the United States who are visually impaired.
• Why: Plaintiff Jovan Campbell claims the Beachbody website is not accessible to those who are visually impaired or legally blind.
• Where: The Beachbody class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in New York.
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Beachbody, LLC is facing a class action lawsuit claiming that its website is not accessible to those who are visually impaired and legally blind.

Plaintiff Jovan Campbell attempted to access the Beachbody website multiple times, most recently on March 27, but was unable to because the website lacked the necessary information to use a screen reader, according to the Beachbody class action.

The company is required to have a website that is accessible to all, including using alt-text with each photo and not requiring a mouse to make purchases, according to the Beachbody class action. The plaintiff argues that the inaccessibility of the website is a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New York Human Rights Law and New York Civil Rights Law.

The ADA says that it is unlawful to discriminate against people with disabilities and fail to give them “the opportunity to participate in or benefit from the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of an entity,” according to the Beachbody class action.

Instead, there are readily available and well established procedures to make a website accessible, including allowing a user to bypass content blocks and not allowing access to a dropdown menu with a keyboard.

The class could include the 8.1 million people in the United States who are visually impaired, including 2.0 million who are legally blind, according to the United States Census. The class could also include 400,000 in New York who are visually impaired, according to the Foundation for the Blind’s 2015 report. 

Class should receive damages, injunctive relief, compensatory damages and attorneys’ fees, according to Beachbody class action

The plaintiff is asking for injunctive relief, damages, civil penalties and fines and attorneys’ fees along with compensatory damages up to $500 per incident in New York, according to the Beachbody class action.

Henri’s Cloud Nine LLC is also facing a class action lawsuit because its website is not accessible to the visually impaired and legally blind, according to a lawsuit.

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