Plaintiff
- Name: John Panarese Abelardo Martinez, Jr.
- Filing date: July 10, 2019
- State of filing: New York
Defendant
- Name: Jachs NY, LLC
- Website: www.jachsny.com
- Industry: Apparel
- Summary: Jachs NY, LLC is a clothing retailer.
Case Summary
On July 10, 2019, John Panarese Abelardo Martinez, Jr. filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Jachs NY, LLC . Plaintiff John Panarese Abelardo Martinez, Jr. alleges that www.jachsny.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Missing alternative text which presents a problem because an image without alternative text results in an empty link.
- Empty or missing form labels
- Empty links that contain no text causing the function or purpose of the link to not be presented to the user.
- Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address
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 Martinez’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, jachsny.com, readily accessible to and usable by visually-impaired 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.