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Ladies Professional Golf Association website class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: Lawrence Young filed a class action lawsuit against the Ladies Professional Golf Association.
- Why:
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.
The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) failed to make its website fully accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff Lawrence Young claims the LPGA’s website is not independently usable for individuals who are blind or visually impaired due to it not being fully compatible with screen-reading software.
Young argues that not having full and equal access to the LPGA website is a “denial of its products and services offered” and is therefore in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
“Because Defendant’s website … is not equally accessible to blind and visually-impaired consumers, it violates the ADA,” states the Ladies Professional Golf Association class action.
Young wants to represent a nationwide class and New York subclass of individuals are legally blind and were denied equal access to the goods and services offered on the LPGA website while attempting to access it.
LPGA accused of having access barriers on its website that prevent full access for the blind, visually impaired
The LPGA has several access barriers on its website that make it so that it is not fully compatible with screen-reading software used by individuals who are blind or visually impaired to browse the internet, the Ladies Professional Golf Association class action alleges.
Young argues that the alleged denial of equal access to goods and services, in addition to violating the ADA, also allegedly increases the “sense of isolation and stigma” among individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
In addition to allegedly violating the ADA, Young claims the LPGA is in violation of New York State Human Rights Law. He is demanding a jury trial and requesting declaratory and injunctive relief along with an award of statutory and punitive damages for himself and all class members.
A similar class action lawsuit was filed against Harvard University earlier this month by an individual claiming the institution failed to make its website fully accessible for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
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The plaintiff is represented by Dana L. Gottlieb, Michael A. LaBollita, and Jeffrey M. Gottlieb of Gottlieb & Associates.
The Ladies Professional Golf Association website class action lawsuit is Young v. Ladies Professional Golf Association, Inc., Case No. 1:22-cv-08806, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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