Judge Rules Virtual Space Is Not Subject to Americans with DisabilitiesAct Guidelines

November 18, 2002 Judge Rules Virtual Space Is Not Subject to Americans with Disabilities Act Guidelines A U.S. District Court of Southern Florida judge ruled on November 5, 2002, that Southwest Airlines Co. did not violate the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because their web site was inaccessible to the blind. The ruling is essentially one of the first court decisions on the applicability of the ADA to the Internet. “To expand the ADA to cover 'virtual' spaces would be to create new rights without well-defined standards,” according to U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz when she dismissed . . .