According to the complaint, Outerknown “denies approximately 8.1 million Americans who have difficulty seeing access to its online store because the Website is largely incompatible with the screen reader programs.”
Earlier this year, surfing’s most sustainable company, Outerknown, was sued in federal court over alleged civil rights violations.
According to the complaint, Outerknown “denies approximately 8.1 million Americans who have difficulty seeing access to its online store because the Website is largely incompatible with the screen reader programs.”
The suit sought to compel Outerknown’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Plaintiffs found Outerknown’s website “largely unusable due to various barriers that deny them full and equal access to [Outerknown’s] online stores.”
The suit was consolidated with almost twenty other suits arising out of the same issues. Other name defendants included Catch Surf and Taylor Stitch.
Outerknown and the plaintiffs settled for an unknown amount earlier this year.
According to its website, “Outerknown is [now] dedicated to continually ensuring that its website is always accessible to individuals with visual impairments and other disabilities.”
Outerknown is no longer just a “manufacturer and supplier of sustainable products.”
They’re also “committed to providing equal access to all who attempt to shop . . . through [the] website.”
If you’re blind, give ’em a call, if your hands can’t handle a mouse, everything is accessible via the keyboard.
And so on.
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Deathsalt is going to be crushed when he finds out he’s been blocked.
This article sucks. The title should be more like “Legal trolls take advantage of disabled people to screw over one of the nicest guys in surfing” — investigate the law firm before assuming whose best intentions they are really representing.
I’m not really sure I understand your critique. And I didn’t assume anything on either side.
You’re unfortunately giving credence to the lawsuit and the firm bringing it (nevermind the judge presiding over it.) That particular firm are trolling ecomm companies and bringing the vast majority of those ADA cases with no intention beyond cash settlement. “That’s the real tragedy of these ADA access lawsuits […] these lawsuits are not improving the situation. It’s just a system for extortion.” — Kim Stone, President of the Civil Justice Association of California.
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It’s not my place or any other arm chair legal expert’s to make an assumption about a lawsuit, particularly when I don’t know the plaintiffs or anything about them.
Regardless if I agree or don’t agree with the suit being brought, the ADA is federal law and Outerknown is obligated to comply with it. Not my place to question the motives of the firm or the plaintiffs.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
“one of the nicest guys in surfing”hahahahaha. jesus. kelly is a cunt. kelly has always been a cunt.
Surprised they missed out such an important sales opportunity, I’d think people with eye sight problems would be responsable for most of their sales.
OK boomer
I still want to know how he got out of Oz and back into Indo.
I flew domestically last week for work and it’ sucked.
… or the prices
Nothing shocks him anymore.
Hang ’em high.
This Syrian descended student of Asian culture has obviously no end of cruel and discriminatory bones in his Floridian sculptured desert wavepool developing environmentalist body.
Maybe he can offer them the last few cases of purps in compensation…
Can I sue Ntron for deleting my other comment and probably this one too?
( this is actuallyy a test, probably will be deleted once again)
Nope. This sort of stupid shit gets you a time out.
Sooo who is to enforce the time out?
A. n tron
B. n tron
C. Chas Smith
D. I T guy
Is it okay for me to reply in here? I feel like I am running on thin ice…
Take a deep breath and calm down. Don’t go full retard. Seriously, never go full retard
Am I the only one who thinks that movie and “Blazing Saddles” should be repeated, mandatory viewing in high schools around the world?
Back when comedy was allowed to be funny. But we probably shouldn’t mention blazing saddles out loud or someone will remember and it will be erased from history
I would throw in the entire works of Monty Python , The Big Lebowski and certain scenes from the Blues Brothers like this one
“Give us zee money, Lebowski!”
No, you’re not. Don’t forget The Princess Bride. Some real life-lessons in there.
“We’ll never survive!”
“Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.”
“Love is many things none of them logical.”
“Life isn’t fair, it’s just fairer than death, that’s all.”
“Well, I’m an abridger, so I’m entitled to a few ideas of my own.”
“He said the Sheriff is near!”
“My grandmother was Dutch.”
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
What gives you the impression that I am not calm? Isn’t it in your internet troll handguide to keep it in the bullying side of things and never take it personally?
What gives you the impression that I am not calm?
Must be the haircut.
Or the caps on the first letters of the words in my name. I get it.
It’s fine Newbie, the ice is strong enough to handle your feeble attempts to crack it.
I’m actually enjoying watching you make a complete dick of yourself anyway.
You know, sounds like you have a Smoothie joint as a side gig. Either that or full on juri duty. Maybe some censorship consultancy…I don’t know, am not as good at passing judgment as you are.
I can’t decide if it’s a badge of honor to have had a comment deleted or to not have any deleted.
ahh, the relaxed vibes of “Friday” Negs.
His total net worth is all in sheep dip.
Might not be worth your while.
Why don’t you pre delete them?
Auto censorship …. for the goggleless
Finally someone with good ideas. You hustling a sidejob with them “bois”? You might be the front runner…
“Your honor the next witness in the case against one Mr. Slats of Baywatch fame is Mr. Peter Schroff….”
you’re on fire today
Does that mean I can get the Beach Grit comments read to me?
If not I’ll sue.
And what about translation into (schoolboy) Latin, French and German for those of us suffering from flashbacks of teenage torture…
The colloquial slang is gonna be a problem. Fair dinks.
Plaintiff Lawyer: “I call to the stand Robert Kelly Slater.”
Defense Lawyer: *The lawyer places Kelly’s iPhone on the witness stand
Judge: “Counsel! What are you doing?”
Defense Lawyer: “Well, your Honor, I figure Kelly is going to be a hostile witness.”
Judge: “Counsel, that doesn’t explain the iPhone.”
Defense Lawyer: “Well, you see your Honor, Kelly is most hostile on his Instagram, so…”
Plaintiff Lawyer: “Objection!”
Judge: “Overruled. Counsel, you can proceed.”
Plaintiff Lawyer: “But your Honor!”
Judge: “What?! You wanna be blocked too!”
Defense lawyer,
His GF is chinese you know, so, tik tok, can we get on with it.
In your professional opinion O2, do you think it will all be OK ….. ?
The Jury’s out on that one.