{"id":21328,"date":"2013-01-09T03:17:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T08:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=21328"},"modified":"2013-01-09T04:49:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-09T09:49:09","slug":"mo-woman-sues-ebay-for-deaf-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/01\/09\/mo-woman-sues-ebay-for-deaf-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Mo. Woman Sues eBay For \u2018Deaf Discrimination\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mo. Woman Sues eBay For \u2018Deaf Discrimination\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Rob Low<\/p>\n

January 7, 2013<\/p>\n

NEVADA, Mo. \u2014 Forty-seven-year old Melissa Earll owns dozens of old mint condition comic books, hundreds of rare baseball cards, plus antique time pieces, medicine bottles and a coin collection printed minutes after President John Kennedy was assassinated. But none of it makes her a penny on eBay.<\/p>\n

Now, the Nevada, Mo., woman is suing eBay, saying the internet auction site discriminates against deaf people.<\/p>\n

Earll was born deaf and says eBay makes it impossible for her to register as a seller.<\/p>\n

eBay forces all sellers to register online and then calls applicants with a secret pin number to verify their identity. The seller emails the pin number back to the online auction site to prevent fraud.<\/p>\n

Earll can\u2019t hear what the pin number is over the phone because she\u2019s deaf.<\/p>\n

\u201cEbay keeps me from taking advantage of the opportunities that other people have and it\u2019s because I couldn\u2019t hear,\u201d said Earll.<\/p>\n

At issue is whether internet companies have to accommodate the disabled just like brick and mortar stores do.<\/p>\n

A Federal Judge has already dismissed Earll\u2019s claim saying eBay doesn\u2019t have to comply with The American with Disabilities Act because as an internet-only company. The judge said eBay doesn\u2019t provide a place \u201cof public accommodation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earll and her attorney, Michael Aschenbrener, say eBay could easily text Earll the pin number, use a computer password or use a speech to text phone, options used by other internet companies.<\/p>\n

Instead, Earll complains eBay said, \u201ccan your Mom and Dad answer the phone for you? And I said I\u2019m a 47-year old adult woman, no. I don\u2019t live at home, no.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement to FOX 4, eBay would only say, \u201cU.S. District Court Judge Edwad Davilla found that plaintiff\u2019s complaint lacked facts supporting her claim and eBay is pleased with the court\u2019s decision to dismiss her case.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earll said she\u2019s prepared to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Netflix can be held acceptable and be told that they have to make new releases available through Closed Captioning\u2026 then Ebay should surely be held accountable to the same standards.\u201d<\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/fox4kc.com\/2013\/01\/07\/mo-woman-sues-ebay-for-deaf-discrimation<\/a><\/p>\n

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Mo. Woman Sues eBay For \u2018Deaf Discrimination\u2019 by Rob Low January 7, 2013 NEVADA, Mo. \u2014 Forty-seven-year old Melissa Earll owns dozens of old mint condition comic books, hundreds of rare baseball cards, plus antique time pieces, medicine bottles and…<\/p>\n

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