Murphy v. Adventure Bound Camps, Inc
Filed
Case details
- Defendant’s website
Summary
On August 28, 2019, James Murphy filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Adventure Bound Camps, Inc.. Plaintiff James Murphy alleges that www.abcamping.com/abfourwinds is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
About the defendant
Adventure Bound Four Winds is a campground and RV park in Portageville, New York, a few miles outside of Letchworth State Park.
What the complaint says
The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.
- Lack of Alternative Text (“alt-text”), or a text equivalent.
- 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 which results in additional navigation and repetition for keyboard and screen-reader users; and
- Linked Images Missing Alt-text, which causes problems if an image within a link contains no text and that image does not provide alt-text.
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.
- Lack of Alternative Text (“alt-text”), or a text equivalent.
- 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 which results in additional navigation and repetition for keyboard and screen-reader users; and
- Linked Images Missing Alt-text, which causes problems if an image within a link contains no text and that image does not provide alt-text.