All Cases
Representative list of active and settled cases.
Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness (GLAD), et al. v. Time Warner, Inc.
The internet has revolutionized the speed of reporting and the ability to access news information. Within hours of a breaking story, videos are posted on news websites allowing the public to access critical information. This means that people no longer have to wait to get their news during...
Gustafson v. U.C. Berkeley
DRA reached a class action settlement with the University of California, Berkeley that is resulting in comprehensive access improvements to this leading national University. The Plaintiffs are a class of all students with mobility and/or vision disabilities at U.C. Berkeley. Under the settlement, U...
Guzman v. Wells Fargo
It is essential that all consumers have the ability to conduct business matters with companies by phone. In order for deaf and hard of hearing consumers to communicate with companies, they must use a relay calling service that involves an interpreter who facilitates communication between the...
Hayward Unified School District Structured Negotiations
The Hayward Unified School District has entered into a comprehensive agreement with DRA and Protection & Advocacy, Inc. (since renamed Disability Rights California) and several parents to make all its schools accessible to students with disabilities. The agreement was negotiated collaboratively...
Jantz, et al. v. Astrue
On August 25, 2010, the EEOC Office of Federal Operations affirmed the October 8, 2008 decision of the Administrative Judge to certify the case as a class action. This is a victory for disabled employees of the Social Security Administration (SSA) who can proceed with the lawsuit which challenges...
Kaiser Permanente Structured Negotiations
In 2012, DRA, The California Council of the Blind (CCB), and Goldstein Borgen Dardarian & Ho (GBDH), entered structured negotiations with Kaiser Permanente to address health care access barriers. These barriers to services, programs, and facilities compromise the health care of...
Lane Bryant Structured Negotiations
In 2012, DRA, The California Council of the Blind (CCB), and the Law Offices of Jay Koslofsky reached a cooperative agreement with Lane Bryant. As a result of the agreement, Lane Bryant has added tactile keypads to its point-of-sale devices at all of its 83 locations in California. This...
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) et al. v. Ahern et al.
Last year, California enacted the Public Safety Realignment Act to decrease prison overcrowding and to send low-level offenders to county jails instead of prisons. Jails statewide are now experiencing an increase of people, including those with disabilities.This makes it critical now more than ever...
Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, et al. v. Redbox Automated Retail LLC, et al.
Self-service kiosk technology allows us to bank, shop, and conduct a wide range of transactions independently, without the assistance of a clerk. In this era of automated technology and self-service, it is important that businesses operate kiosks that allow everyone, including people with...
Macy's Cases
In one of the first cases under the ADA concerning access to business to go to trial, DRA prevailed on behalf of a class of all persons with mobility disabilities who were denied access to Macy's flagship store at Union Square in San Francisco.Subsequently, in Camalo v. Macy's, a global settlement...