Plaintiff
- Name: Andres Gomez
- Filing date: July 1, 2020
- State of filing: Florida
Defendant
- Name: Trueway Insurance Corp
- Website: www.truewayins.com
- Industry: Insurance
- Summary: Trueway Insurance is an independant home and auto insurance company
Case Summary
On July 1, 2020, Andres Gomez filed a Complaint in Florida Federal court against Trueway Insurance Corp. Plaintiff Andres Gomez alleges that www.truewayins.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
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
- Title III of the ADA, 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 and Section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act as 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 § 36.501 (b) which directs Defendant to take all steps necessary to bring theWebsite into full compliance with the requirements set forth in the ADA, and implementing regulations, so that the 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 litigation expenses and costs
- Payment of reasonable attorneys’ fees, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12205 and 28 CFR § 36.505
- The provision of whatever other relief the Court deems just, equitable and appropriate.