Federal Court Preliminarily Approves ADA Class Settlement over Husqvarna Website Accessibility

On November 7, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted an unopposed motion for preliminary approval of a class action settlement and provisional class certification in an accessibility lawsuit brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) against Husqvarna Professional Products, Inc.

According to the opinion, a blind plaintiff initially contacted Husqvarna in July 2024 regarding accessibility barriers on its online store before filing a federal complaint on June 6, 2025. The plaintiff alleged that Husqvarna failed to ensure its digital store was compatible with screen reading software, preventing blind visitors from accessing digital content.

Terms of the Settlement

Under the proposed agreement, Husqvarna must implement comprehensive injunctive measures:

• Husqvarna must ensure that its digital platforms are accessible to blind individuals utilizing screen-access software within an agreement term of 24 months.
• The named plaintiff is slated to receive a $2,000 service award.
• Proposed class counsel may seek up to $73,000 in attorneys' fees for work conducted during the two-year term, with an additional $15,000 per year (for up to two extra years) should platform accessibility require additional time.
• The class release is limited to claims for injunctive and declaratory relief, allowing individual class members to pursue separate claims for monetary damages.

Class Certification and Notice

The court provisionally certified a nationwide settlement class under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23(a) and 23(b)(2). The certified group comprises blind individuals or persons with visual disabilities in the United States who use auxiliary aids to navigate digital content and who accessed, attempted to access, or were deterred from accessing Husqvarna's website.

The court also approved the parties' notice plan, confirming that the dissemination procedures ensure accessibility for blind users through screen readers, and appointed East End Trial Group LLC as class counsel.

Read the full decision in the court docket records.