Washington, D.C.-based Department of Labor Federal Credit Union has prevailed in a lawsuit brought against it over the accessibility of its website, according to documents filed in a Virginia District Court.
The complaint alleged that the plaintiff couldn't use the credit union's website to locate facilities and ATM locations or to learn about the credit union's services, because the website didn't include certain accommodations for blind users. In a new seven-page order, however, District Judge T. S. Ellis III ruled that the plaintiff did not suffer harm sufficient to give him standing in the case.
"Without membership or even the ability to become a member, there is no harm to plaintiff resulting from his inability to access information about DOL FCU's services," Ellis explained.
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