Mootness and Its Effects on Serial Accessibility Plaintiffs

Accessibility Insight di Thomas Logan

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A lawsuit starts when a plaintiff files a complaint that identifies violations committed by a defendant. After a lawsuit begins, a defendant can ask the judge to dismiss the complaint as “moot ,” which means that all of the violations alleged in the plaintiff’s complaint are already fixed and are not likely to recur.

This argument usually does not work in web accessibility cases because websites are dynamic and future barriers can always be introduced. Sometimes, a mootness argument can work to get a lawsuit dismissed when the plaintiff does not challenge the defendant’s allegations.

In this lawsuit, a plaintiff, Luis Torro, sued Medbar Corp., a c ... 

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