Plaintiff
- Name: Daniel Moncada
- Filing date: May 10, 2019
- State of filing: Florida
Defendant
- Name: SOS Furniture Company, Inc.
- Website: www.mattress1.com
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Summary: SOS Furniture Company, Inc. (Mattress One) is a mattress retailer
Case Summary
On May 10, 2019, Daniel Moncada filed a Complaint in Florida Federal court against SOS Furniture Company, Inc.. Plaintiff Daniel Moncada alleges that www.mattress1.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Mislabeled link
- Image missing alternative text
- Mislabeled social media link
- Mislabeled image
- Next/forward button not labeled
- The Mobile Website does not offer or include the universal symbol for the disabled that would permit disabled individuals to access the website’s accessibility information and accessibility facts
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
- VIOLATION OF THE ADA
- TRESPASS
Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:
- A declaration that Defendant’s Mobile Website is in violation of the ADA
- An Order requiring Defendant, by a date certain, to update the Mobile Website, and continue to monitor and update the Mobile Website on an ongoing basis, to remove barriers in order that individuals with visual disabilities can access, and continue to access, the Mobile Website and effectively communicate with the Mobile Website to the full extent required by Title III of the ADA
- An Order requiring Defendant, by a date certain, to clearly display on the Mobile Website the universal disabled logo within the Website, wherein the logo1 would lead to a page which would state Defendant’s accessibility information, facts, policies, and accommodations. Such a clear display of the disabled logo is to insure that individuals who are disabled are aware of the availability of the accessible features of the Mobile Website
- An Order requiring Defendant, by a date certain, to provide ongoing support for web accessibility by implementing a website accessibility coordinator, a website application accessibility policy, and providing for website accessibility feedback to insure compliance thereto
- An Order directing Defendant, by a date certain, to evaluate its policies, practices and procedures toward persons with disabilities, for such reasonable time to allow Defendant to undertake and complete corrective procedures to its Mobile Website
- An Order directing Defendant, by a date certain, to establish a policy of web accessibility and accessibility features for the Mobile Website to insure effective communication for individuals who are visually disabled
- An Order requiring, by a date certain, that any third-party vendors who participate on Defendant’s Mobile Website to be fully accessible to the visually disabled
- An Order directing Defendant, by a date certain and at least once yearly thereafter, to provide mandatory web accessibility training to all employees who write or develop programs or code for, or who publish final content to, the Mobile Website on how to conform all web content and services with ADA accessibility requirements and applicable accessibility guidelines
- An Order directing Defendant, by a date certain and at least once every three months
thereafter, to conduct automated accessibility tests of the Mobile Website to identify any instances where the Mobile Website is no longer in conformance with the accessibility requirements of the ADA and any applicable accessibility guidelines, and further directing Defendant to send a copy of the twelve (12) quarterly reports to Plaintiff’s counsel for review - An Order directing Defendant, by a date certain, to make publicly available and directly link from the Mobile Website homepage, a statement of Defendant’s Accessibility Policy to ensure the persons with disabilities have full and equal enjoyment of the Mobile Website and shall accompany the public policy statement with an accessible means of submitting accessibility questions and problems
- An award to Plaintiff of her reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and expenses
- Such other and further relief as the Court deems just and equitable
