Consumer Durables & Apparel, Food, Beverage & Tobacco and Retailing were targeted most in August with a combined total of 58 lawsuits (thats 71.6%)
Most lawsuits (51%) were filed in Illinois with California coming in second at 18%EQUAL ACCESS LAW GROUP, PLLC filed the most complaints in August with 39 lawsuits in Illinois. MANNING LAW, APC came in second place with 15 filings in California.
Key takeaways
- 81 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in August.
- Consumer Durables & Apparel, Food, Beverage & Tobacco and Retailing were targeted most.
- 7 Plaintiffs filed 44% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
- EQUAL ACCESS LAW GROUP, PLLC filed the most complaints in August with 39 lawsuits in Illinois.
- Most lawsuits (51%) were filed in Illinois with California coming in second at 18%
- We detected that 4% of litigated websites in August are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool.
Third-Party Overlays
We detected that 4% of litigated websites in August are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool.
Typically overlays, or widgets, apply a third-party's source code to the existing webpage in an effort to change the user experience by overriding or altering elements of the page. Overlays are often used in-place of manual identification and resolution of accessibility barriers. Because such overlays try to hide underlying accessibility issues, their effectiveness is debated and their use seems to promote the idea that website operators need not concern themselves with the accessibility of their webpages. There has been an increase in the number of lawsuits against websites that use third-party overlays.
Plaintiffs Who Filed the Most Lawsuits
LEAH WALKER is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 6 lawsuits in August.