PANARESE ET AL v. T3 MICRO INC.

    Plaintiff

    • Name: John Panarese Luis Licea
    • Filing date: May 29, 2019
    • State of filing: New York

    Defendant

    • Name: T3 Micro, Inc.
    • Website: www.t3micro.com
    • Industry: Beauty
    • Summary: T3 Micro, Inc. designs and manufactures hairstyling tools.

    Case Summary

    On May 29, 2019, John Panarese Luis Licea filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against T3 Micro, Inc. . Plaintiff John Panarese Luis Licea alleges that www.t3micro.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).

    Case Details

    Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:

    • Empty headings, or headings that contain no content. Some users, especially keyboard and screen reader users, often navigate by heading elements. An empty heading will present no information and may introduce confusion
    • Empty links that contain no text causing the function or purpose of the link to not be presented to the user. This can introduce confusion for keyboard and screen reader users
    • Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address which results in additional navigation and repetition for keyboard and screen reader users

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

    • Violations of the ADA
    • Violations of the NYSHRL 
    • Violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act

    Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:

    • For a judgment that Defendant violated Plaintiffs’ rights under the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq., Plaintiff Panarese’s rights under NYSHRL, N.Y. Exec. Law § 296, et seq., and Plaintiff Rios’s rights under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code § 51 et seq.
    • For a preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make the Website, jcatbeauty.com, readily accessible to and usable by visuallyimpaired individuals
    • For compensatory and/or statutory damages as permitted by law
    • For Plaintiffs’ reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs
    • For pre-judgment interest to the extent permitted by law
    • For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.

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