Tazinique Echols v. Vidaxl LLC

Summary

According to the complaint, Tazinique Echols, a visually impaired individual, is suing Vidaxl LLC for failing to make its website, https://www.vidaxl.com/, accessible to blind users. Echols alleges that the website contains significant barriers that prevent her and others from completing transactions independently, violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The complaint details various accessibility issues, including lack of alt-text for images and reliance on mouse navigation, which excludes visually impaired individuals from accessing the goods and services offered. Echols seeks a permanent injunction to require Vidaxl to make its website accessible and compensatory damages for the discrimination faced by her and other class members.

About the defendant

Provides an online platform for consumers to purchase a wide array of goods including furniture, hardware, pet supplies, vehicle parts, home and garden goods, sporting goods, and toys.

What the complaint says

The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.

• Website is inaccessible to visually impaired individuals
• Defendant failed to provide necessary accommodations for screen-reader users
• Access barriers prevent visually impaired individuals from completing transactions

Legal claims

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

• Violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Declaratory Relief

What the plaintiff asks for

What the plaintiff wants the court to order.

• Permanent injunction to make the Website accessible
• Compensatory damages for Class Members
• Certification of the case as a class action

Proposed class

The group of people the plaintiff asks to represent, so the case can cover them too.

All legally blind individuals in the United States who have attempted to access the Website and as a result have been denied access to the enjoyment of goods and services offered by the Website, during the relevant statutory period.