Magic Store Must Face ADA Compliance Lawsuit Over Website Design

Online magic store Ellusionist.com Inc. must face discrimination claims brought by a visually impaired customer, a New York federal court ruled.

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday denied in part Ellusionist’s motion to dismiss the case, in which the customer says its website fails to accomodate users who require screen-reading software. The court rejected Ellusionist’s argument that the customer failed to state a claim because its website didn’t qualify as a place of public accommodation.

“If the statute were interpreted narrowly to preclude the ‘vast world of Internet Commerce’ from being considered a …