Plaintiff
- Name: John Panarese Abelardo Martinez, Jr.
- Filing date: May 31, 2019
- State of filing: New York
Defendant
- Name: Ring LLC
- Website: www.ring.com
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Summary: Ring, LLC offers alarms, video doorbells, security systems, cameras, and lighting products.
Case Summary
On May 31, 2019, John Panarese Abelardo Martinez, Jr. filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Ring LLC . Plaintiff John Panarese Abelardo Martinez, Jr. alleges that www.ring.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
- Empty buttons, which means that a button is empty or has no value text.
- Redundant title 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 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, ring.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
- For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.