Blind Winn-Dixie Customer Further Appeals Website Access Ruling

A blind Winn-Dixie customer who couldn’t refill a prescription using a computer wants the full Eleventh Circuit to throw out a decision that marked the first time a federal appeals court said websites aren’t covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Other federal circuit and district courts have taken a more expansive view of whether and when the 1990 disability anti-bias law applies, saying “places of accommodation” goes beyond just the physical places specifically recounted in the federal law.

And the Covid-19 pandemic, which drove a surge of people to e-commerce, highlights the importance of clarifying and expanding accessibility standards, ...