Reid v. Sell It Social, LLC
Filed
Case details
- Defendant’s website
Summary
On June 14, 2019, Valentin Reid filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Sell It Social, LLC. Plaintiff Valentin Reid alleges that www.rebelcircus.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.1 accessibility standard(s).
About the defendant
Sell It Social, LLC sells goth-style apparel and accessories via the Rebel Circus 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.
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
- New York State Civil Rights Law
- Declaratory Relief