Winn-Dixie Suspending Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine
With the U.S. recommending a pause in giving out the single-dose Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, Winn-Dixie Stores across Alabama says it will join others in suspending using the vaccine at its free clinics.
In a joint statement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said it was investigating clots in six women in the days after vaccination, in combination with reduced platelet counts. More than 6.8 million doses of the J&J vaccine have been administered in the U.S.
Winn-Dixie had announced last month that it was expanding its vaccine program to include more stores and to begin offering the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen vaccine.
Appeals court: Websites not subject to ADA
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued a decision in a lawsuit related to ADA website accessibility issues, determining that websites are not considered a place of public accommodation under the law. NAFCU has consistently advocated for the Department of Justice to address the issue and provide clarity.
The lawsuit brought against Winn-Dixie Stores challenged the grocery chain’s use of its website to host coupons, which the plaintiff claimed made it a place of public accommodation.
“The statutory language in Title III of the ADA defining ‘public accommodations’ is unambiguous and clear,” the decision stated. “It describes twelve types of locations that are public accommodations. All of these listed types of locations are tangible, physical places. No intangible places or spaces, such as websites, are listed.
The Eleventh Circuit Finally Breaks Its Silence on Website Accessibility – but Was Its Decision Worth the Wait? Thursday, April 8, 2021
After keeping us waiting with baited breath for several years, the Eleventh Circuit finally broke its silence – issuing its long-anticipated ruling in
Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, holding that websites are not covered as places of public accommodation under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“Title III” or “ADA”). In doing so, the Court reversed and vacated the district court’s decision finding that defendant, Winn-Dixie Stores, violated Title III by failing to maintain a website that is accessible to individuals, who are blind or have low vision.
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After keeping us waiting with baited breath for several years, the Eleventh Circuit finally broke its silence – issuing its long-anticipated ruling in
Gil v. Winn-Dixie Stores, holding that websites are not covered as places of public accommodation under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“Title III” or “ADA”). In doing so, the Court reversed and vacated the district court’s decision finding that defendant, Winn-Dixie Stores, violated Title III by failing to maintain a website that is accessible to individuals, who are blind or have low vision.
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Jacksonville, Florida based supermarket chain Winn-Dixie Stores, famously known as “The Beef People” when I was growing up, has been battling a visually impaired plaintiff who sued the company alleging that its website violated the Americans with Disabilities Act. While a host of Florida federal district courts (trial courts) have found that websites are “public accommodations” under the ADA, yesterday the federal Eleventh Circuit, in a split decision, disagreed based on the facts of the case and ruled in favor of Winn-Dixie.
The Eleventh Circuit ruled that the ADA does not apply to a website because “website” is not listed in the description of public accommodations in the statute itself or the regulations promulgated thereunder a strict construction analysis. The court also rejected arguments that a website that is not equally useable by a disabled person creates an “intangible barrier” to use of the rel