Deaf Group’s Inaccessibility Suits Over Harvard, MIT Sites Mostly Survive Judgment

Mealey's (April 2, 2019, 11:17 AM EDT) -- SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A deaf civil rights group sufficiently alleged most of its claims that the websites of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are not equally accessible for hearing-impaired people, a Massachusetts federal magistrate judge ruled March 28, mostly denying the schools’ motions for judgment on the pleadings (National Association of the Deaf, et al. v. Harvard University, et al., No. 3:15-cv-30023, D. Mass., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52455; and National Association of the Deaf, et al. v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, No. 3:15-cv-30024, D. Mass., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52457)....