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From: Cynthia Waddell
Date: Feb 9, 2006 12:45PM

Hello everyone,
This is to bring to your attention that a web accessibility lawsuit has been
filed against the retail store Target. For further information, please see
http://www.dralegal.org/cases/private_business/nfb_v_target.php. There are
two links about NFB v. Target at the bottom of the page - one is a factsheet
and the other is the actual complaint filed February 7, 2006. The
International Center on Disability has also posted the information on our
homepage at http://www.icdri.org.

Filed in California State court, the complaint alleges violations of the
California Unruh Civil Rights Act and the California Disabled Persons Act.
Relief requested includes statutory damages which may include treble damages
under the Unruh Civil Rights Act. California law incorporates the Americans
with Disabilities Act provisions in the Unruh Civil Rights Act and provides
for relief beyond that available at the federal level.

Best regards,
Cynthia Waddell
Chair, International Commission on Technology and Disability- North America

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Cynthia D. Waddell, JD
Executive Director and
Law, Policy and Technology Consultant
International Center for Disability Resources
on the Internet (ICDRI)
Phone: (408) 691-6921

ICDRI is based in
Raleigh, North Carolina USA
www.icdri.org/CynthiaW/cynthia_waddell.htm

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www.icdri.org/constructing_accessible_web_site.htm

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-----Original Message-----
From: Austin, Darrel [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 2:29 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: [WebAIM] Target being sued over inaccessible web site


Looks like Target is going to be making some accessibility news:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/08/MNGO7H4VBP12
8.DTL&feed=rss.news

-Darrel