In 2022, plaintiffs filed a record number of website
accessibility lawsuits against businesses in the federal court
system—a total of 3,225. To put this number into perspective,
five years earlier, only 814 such suits had been filed. Website
accessibility lawsuits now account for 37% of all Americans with
Disabilities Act suits.
Website Accessibility or Misuse of the Legal Process?
Notably, despite the proliferation of these suits, they are
brought by a limited number of plaintiffs, with some individuals
having serially filed hundreds of actions. Is this about
accessibility, inclusivity and respect for all? Or is it a misuse
of the legal process by plaintiffs and a very limited number of
attorneys who specialize in these suits, using boilerplate,
"cut and paste" pleadings?
