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Hasbro website class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Luis Toro filed a class action lawsuit against Hasbro Inc.
- Why: Toro claims Hasbro failed to make its website fully accessible to and independently usable by individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.
Hasbro Inc. has failed to make its website fully accessible to and independently usable by individuals who are blind or visually impaired, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Luis Toro, a legally blind man, claims Hasbro’s website contains access barriers to screen-reading software used by individuals who are blind or visually impaired to scan the internet.
Toro argues the alleged barriers on Hasbro’s website denies individuals who are blind or visually impaired with equal access to the goods and services the website provides to its non-disabled customers.
“Hasbro excludes the blind and visually-impaired from the full and equal participation in the growing Internet economy that is increasingly a fundamental part of the common marketplace and daily living,” the Hasbro class action states.
Toro wants to represent a nationwide class and New York subclass of legally blind individuals who have attempted to access Hasbro’s website and subsequently been denied access to the enjoyment of the goods and services offered on it.
Hasbro website has ‘exclusively visual interface’ that makes it inaccessible to the blind, visually impaired, says class action
Hasbro’s website is not accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired due to it having an exclusively visual interface that does not have features like alt text, descriptive links, or accessible forms, among other things, the Hasbro class action alleges.
“The lack of an accessible website means that blind people are excluded from experiencing transacting with Defendant’s website and from purchasing goods or services from Defendant’s website,” the Hasbro class action states.
Toro claims Hasbro is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, New York State Human Rights Law, New York State Civil Rights Law, and New York City Human Rights Law.
Plaintiff is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory and injunctive relief along with an award of compensatory and statutory damages for himself and all class members.
In a similar case, SoulCycle agreed to a class action settlement last month that resolved claims the company failed to make its website fully accessible to and independently usable by individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Have you been denied full and equal access to a website on account of a disability? Let us know in the comments!
The plaintiff is represented by Mars Khaimov of Mars Khaimov Law, PLLC.
The Hasbro website class action lawsuit is Toro, et al. v. Hasbro Inc., Case No. 1:23-cv-02800, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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