Presented by AudioEye In 2020, a blind customer named Juan Alcazar filed a lawsuit against Fashion Nova, alleging that the company’s website was inaccessible and denied blind customers the same access as everyone else.It was, in many ways, an ordinary web accessibility lawsuit. One of many filed in federal court that year. Most ended the same way: management distraction, a pledge to fix accessibility issues, legal fees and then a five-figure settlement. But this case didn’t settle. Fashion Nova fought it.Five years and more than 200 filings later, they agreed to pay $5.15 million to settle what had become a class action lawsuit. The claim evolved from a single complaint into the second-largest accessibility settlement on record, surpassed only by Target’s $6 million agreement in 2008.It’s a stark reminder of how quickly an accessibility claim can escalate, and why every business leader should treat that risk as real, urgent, and solvable.Accessibility lawsuits are increasing. So is ris