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Notre Dame College website class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: James Murphy filed a class action lawsuit against The Notre Dame College.
- Why: Murphy claims Notre Dame failed to make its website fully accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
- Where: The class action lawsuit was filed in New York federal court.
The Notre Dame College has failed to make its website fully accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
Plaintiff James Murphy claims Notre Dame’s website was not designed in a way that makes it independently usable for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Murphy, a blind man, argues Notre Dame’s website denies individuals who are blind or visually impaired equal access to the services it offers, in an alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
“Because Defendant’s website … is not equally accessible to blind and visually-impaired prospective students, it violates the ADA,” the Notre Dame College class action states.
Murphy wants to represent a nationwide class and New York subclass of legally blind individuals who have attempted to access Notre Dame’s website and been denied equal access to the goods and services it offers.
Notre Dame College website contains access barriers to screen-reading software, class action says
Notre Dame’s website contains a number of access barriers which prevent it from being compatible with screen-reading software used by individuals who are blind or visually impaired to browse the internet.
“Unless websites are designed to be read by screen-reading software, blind and visually-impaired persons are unable to fully access websites, and the information, products and services contained thereon,” the class action states.
In addition to allegedly violating the ADA, Murphy claims Notre Dame is in violation of New York State Human Rights Law, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 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, statutory, and punitive damages for himself and all class members.
A number of colleges faced claims last year that they failed to make their websites fully accessible to individuals who are blind or visually impaired, including The Corporation of Mercer University, Lafayette College and Loyola University of Chicago.
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The plaintiff is represented by Michael A. LaBollita, Jeffrey M. Gottlieb and Dana L. Gottlieb of Gottlieb & Associates.
The Notre Dame College website class action lawsuit is Murphy, et al. v. The Notre Dame College, Case No. 1:23-cv-00445, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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