Brian Fischler v. Emmis Operating Company
Filed
Case details
- Defendant’s website
Summary
On February 21, 2019, BRIAN FISCHLER filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against EMMIS OPERATING COMPANY. Plaintiff BRIAN FISCHLER alleges that www.hot97.com/summerjam is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
About the defendant
Emmis Operating Company does business as Hot 97, operating a radio station and concert promotion company. Their premier concert is the annual Summer Jam in New York.
What the complaint says
The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.
- Lack of alt-text for images. Many images are labeled only with file names.
- Document titles are blank.
- Links use general text like “click here” with no surrounding textexplaining the link’s purpose.
- Several links on a page share the same link text but go to different destinations.
- Frames do not have a title.
- Button elements are empty.
- Headings are not nested correctly.
- Webpages have markup errors.
Legal claims
The laws the plaintiff says the defendant broke, called causes of action.
- Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq.
- New York State Human Rights Law
- New York City Human Rights Law
- Declaratory Relief
What the plaintiff asks for
What the plaintiff wants the court to order.
- Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq.
- New York State Human Rights Law
- New York City Human Rights Law
- Declaratory Relief