Plaintiff
- Name: Edwin Diaz
- Filing date: August 8, 2019
- State of filing: New York
Defendant
- Name: Sonder USA Inc.
- Website: www.sonder.com
- Industry: Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure
- Summary: Sonder USA is an online marketplace, similar to Airbnb, for arranging or offering lodging and homestays at private residences.
Case Summary
On August 8, 2019, Edwin Diaz filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Sonder USA Inc.. Plaintiff Edwin Diaz alleges that www.sonder.com is not accessible.
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Many features on the Website lacks alt. text, which is the invisible code embedded beneath a graphical image.
- Many features on the Website also fail to Add a label element or title attribute for each field.
- When attempting to "Book Now" the screen reader indicates "unavailable" which is an error message because that link is in fact functional.
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:
- Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq.
- New York State Human Rights Law
- New York City Human Rights Law
- New York State Civil Rights Law
- Declaratory Relief