Plaintiff
- Name: Andres Gomez
- Filing date: June 2, 2020
- State of filing: Florida
Defendant
- Name: QUICK CASH AUTO LOANS, INC.
- Website: www.quickcashautoloans.com
- Industry: Finance
- Summary: Quick Cash Auto Loans is a consumer finance company in Florida, allowing customers to obtain immediate loans using a car title as collateral.
Case Summary
On June 2, 2020, Andres Gomez filed a Complaint in Florida Federal court against QUICK CASH AUTO LOANS, INC.. Plaintiff Andres Gomez alleges that www.quickcashautoloans.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Text equivalent for every non-text element is not provided;
- Information about the meaning and structure of the Website’s content is not conveyed by more than the visual presentation of content;
- When the sequence in which content is presented affects its meaning, a correct reading sequence cannot be programmatically determined;
- Web pages do not have titles that describe topic or purpose;
- Images on the website are not explained to the user with use of a screen reader program; and,
- There is no Accessibility Statement regarding a company policy to assist disabled users found on the website.
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq.
Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:
- A Declaratory Judgment that at the commencement of this action Defendant was in violation of the specific requirements of Title III of the ADA described above, and the relevant implementing regulations of the ADA, in that Defendant took no action that was reasonably calculated to ensure that its Websites are fully accessible to, and independently usable by, blind individuals;
- A permanent injunction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12188(a)(2) and 28 CFR § 36.504 (a) which directs Defendant to take all steps necessary to bring its Website into full compliance with the requirements set forth in the ADA, and its implementing regulations, so that its Website is fully accessible to, and independently usable by, blind individuals, and which
further directs that the Court shall retain jurisdiction for a period to be determined to ensure that Defendant has adopted and is following an institutional policy that will in fact
cause Defendant to remain fully in compliance with the law—the specific injunctive relief requested by Plaintiff is described more fully in Paragraph 6 above; - Payment of costs of suit;
- Payment of reasonable attorneys’ fees, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12205 and 28 CFR § 36.505; and,
- The provision of whatever other relief the Court deems just, equitable and appropriate.