Reid v. Hom Furniture, Inc.
Filed
Case details
- Defendant’s website
Summary
On June 14, 2019, Valentin Reid filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Hom Furniture, Inc.. Plaintiff Valentin Reid alleges that www.homfurniture.com is not accessible.
About the defendant
Hom Furniture, Inc. manufactures and sells a wide array of furniture, rugs, decor, and accessories at brick and mortar retail stores and via its website.
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.
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
- New York State Civil Rights Law
- Declaratory Relief