September 2022 Digital Accessibility Lawsuit Information

• 279 website accessibility lawsuits were filed in September.
• Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Food & Staples Retailing were targeted most.
• 5 Plaintiffs filed 44% of the month's website accessibility lawsuits.
• MANNING LAW, APC filed the most complaints in September with 84 lawsuits in California.
• Most lawsuits (63%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 33%
• None of the litigated Websites in September seemed to employ Third-party Overlay tools.

 

Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and Food & Staples Retailing were targeted most in September with a combined total of 166 lawsuits (thats 59.5%)

Most lawsuits (63%) were filed in New York with California coming in second at 33%

Third-Party Overlays

None of the litigated Websites in September 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

REBECCA CASTILLO is the most litigious website accessibility plaintiff, filing 33 lawsuits in September.

MANNING LAW, APC filed the most complaints in September with 84 lawsuits in California. MARS KHAIMOV LAW, PLLC came in second place with 81 filings in New York.