Judge: Blind Man Lacked Standing To Sue Credit Union Over Website Accessibility

(August 15, 2018, 1:17 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Because a blind Chicago man was not eligible to join a credit union for police officers, an Illinois federal judge on Aug. 7 found that he lacked standing to sue the credit union under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) over its purportedly inaccessible website, dismissing the lawsuit (Matthew Carello v. Aurora Policemen Credit Union, No. 1:17-cv-09346, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132845)....