December 2022 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 217 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in December.
• Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Consumer Services were targeted most.
• 5 Plaintiffs filed 41% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• MANNING LAW, APC filed the most complaints in December with 54 lawsuits in California.
• Most lawsuits (60%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 36%
• None of the litigated Websites in December seemed to employ Third-party Overlay tools.

 

Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples and Consumer Services were targeted most in December with a combined total of 100 lawsuits (thats 46.08%)

Most lawsuits (60%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 36%

Third-Party Overlays

None of the litigated Websites in December seemed to employ Third-party Overlay tools.

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 27 lawsuits in December.

MANNING LAW, APC filed the most complaints in December with 54 lawsuits in California. STEIN SAKS, PLLC came in second place with 31 filings in New York.