October 2024 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 87 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in October.
• Retailing, Food, Beverage & Tobacco and Consumer Durables & Apparel were targeted most.
• 5 Plaintiffs filed 42% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• JOSEPH & NORINSBERG, LLC filed the most complaints in October with 25 lawsuits in New York.
• Most lawsuits (72%) were filed in New York
• None of the litigated Websites in October seemed to employ Third-party Overlay tools.

 

Retailing, Food, Beverage & Tobacco and Consumer Durables & Apparel were targeted most in October with a combined total of 61 lawsuits (thats 70.11%)

Third-Party Overlays

None of the litigated Websites in October 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

TAVON TURNER is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 10 lawsuits in October.

JOSEPH & NORINSBERG, LLC filed the most complaints in October with 25 lawsuits in New York. MANNING LAW, APC came in second place with 13 filings in California.