Legal Opinion
Matthew Carello v. Aurora Policeman Credit Union
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 15, 2019No. 18-2887PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Barrett, Circuit Judge.
Matthew Carello sued the Aurora Policemen Credit Union, alleging that accessibility barriers to the Credit Union's website violate his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act. The district court dismissed the claim, holding that Carello lacked standing to sue. We agree.
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Matthew Carello is blind. To access visual content on the internet, he uses a "screen reader," which reads text aloud to him. A screen reader, however, works only on websites that are designed to support its software. Carello claims that a website run by the Aurora Policemen Credit Union fails…
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