FISCHLER v. PET MEDS INC.

    Plaintiff

    • Name: Brian Fischler
    • Filing date: January 27, 2019
    • State of filing: New York

    Defendant

    • Name: Pet Meds, Inc.
    • Website: www.1800petmeds.com
    • Industry: Pet Products
    • Summary: Pet Meds Inc. is an online pet store and pharmacy.

    Case Summary

    On January 27, 2019, Brian Fischler filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Pet Meds, Inc. . Plaintiff Brian Fischler alleges that www.1800petmeds.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).

    Case Details

    Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:

    • Difficulty navigating this Website and completing a purchase. When trying to order Heartgard Plus Chewables, screen reader focus was trapped in the area for prescription information
    • Unable to locate usage instructions and information without assistance from a sighted user
    • The link to checkout with PayPal was not detected by the screen reader
    • Several unlabeled buttons on the checkout page
    • Videos do not have an audio description
    • PDFs are not tagged and therefore are inaccessible to screen readers
    • Frames do not have a title
    • Links use general text like “link” with no surrounding text explaining the link’s purpose
    • Webpages have markup errors

    Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:

    • VIOLATIONS OF THE ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq
    • VIOLATIONS OF THE NYSHRL
    • VIOLATIONS OF THE NYCHRL
    • DECLARATORY RELIEF

    Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:

    • A preliminary and permanent injunction to prohibit Defendant from violating Title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12182, et seq., N.Y. Exec. Law § 296, et seq., N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 8-107, et seq., and the laws of New York
    • A preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take all the steps necessary to make its Website into full compliance with the requirements set forth in Title III of the ADA, and its implementing regulations, so that the Website is readily accessible to and usable by blind individuals
    • A declaration that Defendant owns, maintains and/or operates the Website in a manner that discriminates against the blind and which fails to provide access for persons with disabilities as required by ADA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12182, et seq., N.Y. Exec. Law § 296, et seq., N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 8-107, et seq., and the laws of New York
    • An order certifying the Class and Subclasses under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a) & (b)(2) and/or (b)(3), appointing Plaintiff as Class Representative, and his attorneys as Class Counsel
    • Compensatory damages in an amount to be determined by proof, including all applicable statutory damages, punitive damages and fines
    • Pre- and post-judgment interest
    • An award of costs and expenses of this action together with reasonable attorneys’ and expert fees
    • Such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper

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