The $65,000 Home Depot settlement is the resolution of Dalton v. Home Depot U.S.A., a class action alleging that the company’s in-store payment terminals were inaccessible to blind and visually impaired customers. No individual class member gets a payout. The entire $65,000 goes to the plaintiff’s attorneys for their fees and costs, and the actual benefit of the case is a requirement that Home Depot upgrade its payment terminals nationwide so blind customers can use the cash-back feature on their own. A federal judge granted final approval on January 14, 2026, and the case is closed.1Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. Dalton v. Home Depot U.S.A.
Where the $65,000 Actually Goes
Every dollar of the $65,000 is earmarked for the plaintiff’s attorneys — fees plus litigation costs. Inside that number, the named plaintiff, Julie Dalton, receives a $1,000 service award for serving as class representative.2ClaimDepot. Home Depot ADA POS Settlement There is no common fund for class members, no claim form, and no check going out to anyone else.3Marca. Home Depot ADA Settlement Details
If you were expecting a per-person payment, this is the reason there isn’t one: the case was about access, not damages. In ADA class actions, plaintiffs commonly seek injunctive relief, meaning the defendant agrees to change how it operates rather than pay individual claimants. The $65,000 covers what it cost the lawyers to bring the case. Whatever Home Depot spends implementing the terminal changes across its roughly 2,000 U.S. stores is separate and is not disclosed in the settlement.
What Home Depot Has to Change
Within four years of the settlement’s effective date, Home Depot must:3Marca. Home Depot ADA Settlement Details2ClaimDepot. Home Depot ADA POS Settlement
- Update or replace software on at least one payment terminal in every U.S. store so it can read cash-back prompts aloud through an audio output.
- Provide a tactile keypad or another ADA-compliant input method for those cash-back transactions.
- Train store managers on the updated terminals and on how to help customers who use them.
These upgrades happen automatically at every store. Class members do not need to do anything to benefit.
Who Is Covered
The class includes all blind or visually impaired people, and anyone else with a disability as defined by the ADA, who needs audio output or a tactile keypad to use a payment terminal at any Home Depot in the United States. It covers people who have already been denied equal access to the cash-back feature and those who might run into the same barrier in the future.2ClaimDepot. Home Depot ADA POS Settlement
What the Lawsuit Alleged
Julie Dalton, who is blind and lives in Richfield, Minnesota, filed suit on July 13, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.1Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. Dalton v. Home Depot U.S.A. She shopped regularly at the Bloomington, Minnesota store and alleged that the point-of-sale terminals had no audio output and no tactile controls for the cash-back function. When she inserted her debit card, the prompts asking how much cash she wanted back appeared only on screen, so she could not read them.4Home Depot ADA POS Settlement. Class Action Complaint
That forced Dalton and other blind customers to hand their card to a store employee or a stranger and tell them what to enter. The complaint argued this stripped away their privacy and left them exposed to theft or fraud, since they had no independent way to check the amount someone else keyed in on their behalf. The claim was brought under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which bars disability discrimination in the full and equal enjoyment of any place of public accommodation and requires businesses to provide auxiliary aids for effective communication.1Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. Dalton v. Home Depot U.S.A.
Approval Status and Deadlines
Judge Donovan W. Frank preliminarily approved the settlement on October 6, 2025.5CourtListener. Dalton v. Home Depot U.S.A. Docket The deadline to opt out or object was January 2, 2026,6Top Class Actions. Home Depot ADA Violation Class Action Settlement and no objections appear on the docket. At the fairness hearing on January 14, 2026, Judge Frank granted final approval, certified the class, awarded the attorney fees and costs, and closed the case that same day.7Civil Rights Litigation Clearinghouse. Final Class Certification and Settlement Approval Order Those deadlines have passed, so there is nothing for a class member to file. What remains is the four-year rollout of the accessible terminals in stores.