Ramos v. Mannington Mills, Inc.

Summary

On April 21, 2020, Estela J. Ramos filed a Complaint in California Federal court against Mannington Mills, Inc.. Plaintiff Estela J. Ramos alleges that www.manningtoncommercial.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).

About the defendant

Mannington manufactures and sells commercial flooring including carpet, LVT, tile, and marble.

What the complaint says

The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.

• A proper text equivalent for every non-text element is not provided;
• Does not provide appropriate alternative text that presents the content of the image and/or the function of the link;
• Information about the meaning and structure of the Website’s content is not conveyed by more than the visual presentation of content;
• All functionality of the content of the website is not operable through a keyboard interface requiring specific timings for individual keystrokes.
• Navigation of the website is not consistent across the website.
• Website lacks titles that describe their topic or purpose.
• The purpose of each link cannot be determined from the link text alone or from the link text and its programmatically determined link context;
• Labels or instructions are not always provided when content requires user input;
• Website and content implemented using markup languages, the elements do not always have complete start and end tags, they are sometimes nested according to their specifications, may contain duplicative attributes, and IDs are not always unique.

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.

What the plaintiff asks for

What the plaintiff wants the court to order.

• A minimum of $4,000 in statutory damages;
• For attorney’s fees and costs;
• For such other and further relief as to the Court seems just and proper.