Americans With Disabilities Act

June 26, 2025 A settlement has been reached to resolve a class action that claimed the conditions within certain LA County juvenile detention facilities were unconstitutional.

September 27, 2024 The Nevada Dept. of Education and Clark County School District face a class action over their alleged failure to provide students with disabilities with access to critical programs, teaching and resources.

September 12, 2024 North Carolina’s foster care system has long operated in a “state of crisis” that threatens the safety and wellbeing of foster children, a class action alleges.

August 27, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Nassau County's Mask Transparency Act is unconstitutional and discriminatory toward people with disabilities.

July 11, 2024 A class action alleges accessiBe has falsely advertised its software products as capable of making a website fully compliant with ADA standards for online accessibility.

April 22, 2024 Lactose-intolerant and milk-allergic consumers allege in a class action lawsuit that The Coffee Bean has discriminatorily charged extra for non-dairy alternatives.

March 20, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Starbucks has discriminated against certain consumers by charging extra for drinks containing non-dairy milk alternatives.

February 29, 2024 A proposed class action alleges Hertz has discriminated against people with disabilities who need hand controls in order to operate a rental car.

January 31, 2024 A class action claims Walmart has violated federal law by failing to ensure that its website is fully accessible to consumers who are blind or have vision-related disabilities.

January 5, 2024 A lawsuit claims the requirement that guests with disabilities register with a private, for-profit entity ahead of a visit to any Six Flags theme park is a violation of federal law.

December 13, 2023 A school district in Alaska and three school staff members face a class action lawsuit over the allegedly disproportionate use of “excessive and unjustified” restraint and seclusion methods on students with disabilities.

September 15, 2023 A class action alleges the Chicago White Sox have discriminated against those with disabilities by refusing to list all available accessible-seat tickets for sale on its website.

May 23, 2022 A proposed class action lawsuit alleges Alaska's child welfare system has “long failed” those in foster care, in particular Alaska Native children.

April 11, 2022 Broward County, Florida’s Hillsboro Club faces a proposed class action that alleges workers did not receive proper notice upon being terminated at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 2, 2022 A class action aims to challenge the Jefferson County, New York Correctional Facility’s alleged practice of routinely denying life-sustaining medical treatment to individuals in recovery from opioid addiction.

December 14, 2021 A class action alleges SiriusXM, Stitcher and Pandora have unlawfully excluded the deaf and hard-of-hearing community from their streaming platforms.

November 15, 2021 A class action alleges Tennessee’s ban on mask mandates has harmed students at a severe risk of illness due to COVID-19 and its variants as a result of their disabilities.

November 9, 2021 A class action alleges the operator of 70+ Wendy’s restaurants across Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia has failed to remediate excessive sloping in parking spaces, aisles and curb ramps.

November 5, 2021 The School Board of Volusia County, Florida faces claims that it discriminated against students with disabilities by denying them equal access to programs and services.

October 13, 2021 A class action alleges FedEx has unlawfully failed to ensure that its drop boxes nationwide are fully accessible to consumers who rely upon wheelchairs for mobility.

September 27, 2021 A lawsuit claims United Airlines has failed to provide reasonable accommodations to employees who request exclusions from the requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19.

September 24, 2021 A lawsuit claims the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department has unlawfully discriminated against Black women police officers and retaliated against those who complained.

September 2, 2021 A lawsuit claims the Tennessee governor’s order allowing schoolchildren in Shelby County to opt out of a mask mandate discriminates against children with disabilities.

August 25, 2021 A lawsuit claims Tidelands Health has unlawfully discriminated against disabled and female new hires by administering a required strength test prior to employment.

August 24, 2021 A lawsuit claims wheelchair and other para-ambulatory athletes have been unlawfully excluded from participation in Pennsylvania’s high school track and field championships.

July 22, 2021 A lawsuit claims Society for Human Resource Management discriminated against deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals by failing to provide equal access to its services.

July 19, 2021 A class action alleges the city of Mountain View, California’s plan to enforce a ban on the parking of oversized vehicles on its streets is unconstitutional.

June 24, 2021 LawPractice has allegedly discriminated against hard-of-hearing attorneys by failing to provide auxiliary aids and services for its online legal education courses.

June 15, 2021 A lawsuit claims Wendy’s operators discriminated against customers with mobility disabilities by failing to remedy excessive slopes in their parking lots.

June 11, 2021 A proposed class action looks to require three companies who offer online continuing legal education (CLE) courses to provide captioning for online audio.

May 17, 2021 A class action alleges the Salvation Army has put thousands each year at an increased risk of death, relapse, severe illness and homelessness by denying those with opioid addiction access to doctor-prescribed medication-assisted treatments.

April 14, 2021 A class action alleges the District of Columbia has failed to provide special education to students with disabilities who have been incarcerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 22, 2021 A proposed class action claims Ryan Homes violated federal law by failing to make its sales offices accessible to individuals with disabilities.

January 19, 2021 A lawsuit claims a group of elderly and/or medically vulnerable inmates were placed at a heightened risk of contracting COVID-19 after being transferred to a remote prison.

December 18, 2020 A proposed class action claims Zoom Video Communications, Inc. has discriminated against deaf individuals by failing to provide closed captions for free.

November 17, 2020 A former GetWellNetwork, Inc. client support specialist alleges she and other employees were not paid proper overtime wages, and that she was unlawfully fired.

November 10, 2020 A lawsuit claims New York’s prison system has unlawfully discriminated against inmates with disabilities by excluding them from eligibility for an early release program.

November 5, 2020 A former Kaiser Permanente Insurance employee claims she was discriminated against based on her disability when the company required her to take a "competency test."

October 19, 2020 A class action alleges purportedly wheelchair- and scooter-accessible rooms at Concord Hospitality Enterprises' hotels contain beds that are too high off the floor.

October 14, 2020 A class action alleges the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services have failed to make the NY-Alerts notification service accessible to blind residents.

September 24, 2020 A former Aboff’s, Inc. employee claims he was discriminatorily fired for taking a legally protected leave of absence related to treating colon cancer.

September 23, 2020 A class action aims to stop New Mexico from halting the return to in-person learning in 10 of its 33 counties.

August 5, 2020 A class action claims Nike’s requirement for retail employees to wear face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic is discriminatory against deaf or hard-of-hearing consumers.

May 15, 2020 A proposed class action lawsuit challenges what a group of inmates call an “inadequate response” to the COVID-19 pandemic at Mississippi’s two largest prisons.

May 6, 2020 A class action claims the operators of Queens Adult Care Center have grossly failed to safeguard the health of residents as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to spread.

May 1, 2020 A case claims Jack in the Box has discriminated against those with visual disabilities by offering drive-thru-only service inaccessible to pedestrians during late-night hours.

March 10, 2020 A Pennsylvania man alleges in a class action that Kohl's has discriminated against customers with mobility disabilities by intentionally narrowing paths of travel within its stores.

January 20, 2020 A proposed class action claims Marshalls has discriminated against disabled consumers by narrowing or blocking its aisles with merchandise.

January 14, 2020 A class action claims that Dollar General subsidiary Dolgencorp discriminated against pregnant warehouse employees and forced them to take unpaid leave.

December 13, 2019 A proposed class action claims an Applebee’s operator discriminated against disabled customers by failing to make its restaurants’ bar area seating wheelchair accessible.