Plaintiff
- Name: Edwin Diaz
- Filing date: August 8, 2019
- State of filing: New York
Defendant
- Name: Santa Maria Novella NY Retail Corp.
- Website: buy.smnovella.com
- Industry: Beauty
- Summary: Santa Maria Novella NY Retail Corp. does business as the Officina Profumo Farmaceutica of Santa Maria Novella, selling beauty and aromatherapy products. This company traces the roots of its business to a Franciscan monastery built-in 1221.
Case Summary
On August 8, 2019, Edwin Diaz filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Santa Maria Novella NY Retail Corp.. Plaintiff Edwin Diaz alleges that buy.smnovella.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Website, buy.smnovella.com, lacks alt. text, which is the invisible code embedded beneath a graphical image on a website. Such alt text was present throughout the Website.
- Many features on the Website also fail to Add a label element or title attribute for each field.
- Website had links that were completely unreadable, and many times skipped over altogether.
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
- 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
Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:
- A preliminary and permanent injunction to prohibit Defendant from violating the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12182, et seq., N.Y. Exec. Law § 296, et seq., N.Y.C. Administrative 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 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 its Website in a manner that discriminates against the blind and which fails to provide access for persons with disabilities as required by Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12182, et seq., N.Y. Exec. Law § 296, et seq.,
N.Y.C. Administrative Code § 8-107, et seq., and the laws of New York - An order certifying the Class and Sub-Classes 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 and punitive damages and fines, to Plaintiff and the proposed class and subclasses for violations of their civil rights under New York State Human Rights Law and City Law;
- Pre- and post-judgment interest;
- An award of costs and expenses of this action together with
reasonable attorneys’ and expert fees; and - Such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.
