National Federation of the Blind vs. AOL

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This was one of the earliest cases and like most ADA related website litigation resulted in a settlement before trial.
The NFB (National Federation of the Blind) filed suit against AOL because its entire ISP service as well as browser were incompatible with screen readers. At the time this case was filed it AOL was the dominant national ISP and the only one available in many markets.
As usually happens in litigation under the ADA the suit never made it to trial with AOL agreeing to make changes to its service to make it compatible with screen readers.

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