May 2024 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 114 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in May.
• Consumer Durables & Apparel, Food, Beverage & Tobacco and Household & Personal Products were targeted most.
• 7 Plaintiffs filed 42% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• STEIN SAKS, PLLC filed the most complaints in May with 33 lawsuits in New York.
• Most lawsuits (73%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 20%
• None of the litigated Websites in May seemed to employ Third-party Overlay tools.

 

Consumer Durables & Apparel, Food, Beverage & Tobacco and Household & Personal Products were targeted most in May with a combined total of 73 lawsuits (thats 64.03%)

Most lawsuits (73%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 20%

Third-Party Overlays

None of the litigated Websites in May 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

AMANIE RILEY is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 14 lawsuits in May.

STEIN SAKS, PLLC filed the most complaints in May with 33 lawsuits in New York. MARS KHAIMOV LAW, PLLC came in second place with 24 filings in New York.