Food, Beverage & Tobacco, Consumer Durables & Apparel and Retailing were targeted most in September with a combined total of 120 lawsuits (thats 71.01%)
Most lawsuits (34%) were filed in New York with Illinois coming in second at 27%MANNING LAW, APC filed the most complaints in September with 42 lawsuits in California. EQUAL ACCESS LAW GROUP, PLLC came in second place with 41 filings in Illinois.
Key takeaways
- 169 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in September.
- Food, Beverage & Tobacco, Consumer Durables & Apparel and Retailing were targeted most.
- 9 Plaintiffs filed 40% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
- MANNING LAW, APC filed the most complaints in September with 42 lawsuits in California.
- Most lawsuits (34%) were filed in New York with Illinois coming in second at 27%
- We detected that 1% of litigated websites in September are using a Third-party accessibility Overlay tool.
Third-Party Overlays
We detected that 1% of litigated websites in September 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
PERLA MAGENO is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 15 lawsuits in September.