Plaintiff
- Name: Karen Clark
- Filing date: December 10, 2020
- State of filing: Pennsylvania
Defendant
- Name: Monowear, Inc.
- Website: www.monoweardesign.com
- Industry: Apparel
- Summary: Monowear manufactures and sells watch straps and bands.
Case Summary
On December 10, 2020, Karen Clark filed a Complaint in Pennsylvania Federal court against Monowear, Inc.. Plaintiff Karen Clark alleges that www.monoweardesign.com is not accessible.
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Defendant’s Website contains a size chart that is not accessible. The size chart page has a series of bar charts with embedded text. The bar chart information is not announced, and the embedded text is not announced to screen reader users. An alternative is not present. Screen reader users are unable to hear the size chart content.
- The cart icon is not labeled. The cart icon is announced as “zero collapsed link.” The lack of a descriptive label may prevent some users from accessing the cart in order to
checkout. - Defendant’s Website contains a cart confirmation message that is not announced. The website displays a blue button after a user adds an item to their cart. This button has text that informs users that the cart was updated. The cart icon changes to reflect the new number of items in the cart. Screen reader users do not hear the confirmation or other visual
updates. Instead, after adding a $25 gift card to the cart, the user hears “unavailable.” The onscreen confirmations are not announced and the “unavailable” announcement makes it appear that the item is sold out.
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
Title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq.
Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:
- A Declaratory Judgment that at the commencement of this action Defendant was in violation of the specific requirements of Title III of the ADA described above, and the relevant implementing regulations of the ADA, in that Defendant took no action that was reasonably calculated to ensure that its website was fully accessible to, and independently usable by, individuals with visual disabilities
- A permanent injunction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12188(a)(2) and 28 CFR § 36.504(a) which directs Defendant to take all steps necessary to bring its website into full compliance with the requirements set forth in the ADA, and its implementing regulations, so that its website is fully accessible to, and independently usable by, blind individuals, and which further directs that the Court shall retain jurisdiction for a period to be determined to ensure that Defendant has adopted and is following an institutional policy that will in fact cause them to remain fully in compliance with the law—the specific injunctive relief requested by Plaintiff is described more fully in paragraph 11 above.
- Payment of actual, statutory, and punitive damages, as the Court deems proper
- Payment of costs of suit
- Payment of reasonable attorneys’ fees, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12205 and 28 CFR § 36.505, including costs of monitoring Defendant’s compliance with the judgment (see Gniewkowski v. Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-01898-AJS (W.D. Pa. Jan. 11, 2018) (ECF 191) (“Plaintiffs, as the prevailing party, may file a fee petition before the Court surrenders jurisdiction. Pursuant to Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens’ Council for Clean Air, 478 U.S. 546, 559 (1986), supplemented, 483 U.S. 711 (1987), the fee petition may include costs to monitor Defendant’s compliance with the permanent injunction.”); see also Access Now, Inc. v. Lax World, LLC, No. 1:17-cv-10976-DJC (D. Mass. Apr. 17, 2018) (ECF 11) (same)
- The provision of whatever other relief the Court deems just, equitable and appropriate
- An Order retaining jurisdiction over this case until Defendant has complied with the Court’s Orders
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