Gil v. Mayo Clinic Jacksonville

Summary

On January 3, 2019, Juan Carlos Gil filed a Complaint in Florida Federal court against Mayo Clinic Jacksonville. Plaintiff Juan Carlos Gil alleges that www.mayoclinic.org is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0, Section 508 accessibility standard(s).

About the defendant

Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit hospital system with campuses in Minnesota, Arizona and Florida.

What the complaint says

The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.

• Much of the content provided in electronic document format on the Website has not been provided in HTML or with a text equivalent

Legal claims

The laws the plaintiff says the defendant broke, called causes of action.

• Violation of Section 504 of The Rehabilitation Act
• Violation of the Patient Protection and The Affordable Care Act

What the plaintiff asks for

What the plaintiff wants the court to order.

• Declare that Defendant‟s failure to ensure that its and its contractors offer and provide information and other communications in accessible formats to blind individuals violates Section 504 of the RA, and Section 1557 of the ACA
• Declare that Defendant has a duty to provide equally effective access to all information it and its contractors provide to patients and patient representatives within www.mayoclinic.org, including, but not limited to, providing electronic documents in a format which is accessible to blind individuals being digital navigable, and which interfaces with computer software such that blind individuals are able to comprehend those documents equally as the non-disabled public
• Grant a permanent injunction, requiring Defendant, its successors, agents, assigns, representatives, employees, and all persons acting in concert therewith, to develop and implement a comprehensive accessibility policy with respect to provision of electronic documents on www.mayoclinic.org including effective compliance monitoring of its contractors, to provide equally effective access to all electronic documents
• award damages in an amount to be determined at trial
• award Plaintiff reasonable litigation expenses and attorneys' fees
• award such other and further relief as it deems necessary, just and proper.