Plaintiff
- Name: John Panarese Rusty Rendon
- Filing date: July 14, 2019
- State of filing: New York
Defendant
- Name: Andra Group, LP
- Website: www.herroom.com
- Industry: Apparel
- Summary: HerRoom is an online lingerie and men's underwear retailer based in Dallas, Texas
Case Summary
On July 14, 2019, John Panarese Rusty Rendon filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Andra Group, LP . Plaintiff John Panarese Rusty Rendon alleges that www.herroom.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Empty or missing form labels which presented a problem because if a form control does not have a properly associated text label, the function or purpose of that form control may not be presented to screen reader users.
- Missing alternative text which presents a problem because an image without alternative text results in an empty link.
- Empty Links that contain no text
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
- Violations of the ADA
- Violations of the NYSHRL
- Violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act
Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:
- For a judgment that Defendant violated Plaintiffs’ rights under the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq., Plaintiff Panarese’s rights under NYSHRL, N.Y. Exec. Law § 296, et seq., and Plaintiff Rendon’s rights under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 51 et seq.
- For a preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make the Website, www.herroom.com, readily accessible to and usable by visuallyimpaired individuals
- For compensatory and/or statutory damages as permitted by law
- For Plaintiffs’ reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs
- For pre-judgment interest to the extent permitted by law; and F. For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.