REID v. SELL IT SOCIAL, LLC

    Plaintiff

    • Name: Valentin Reid
    • Filing date: June 14, 2019
    • State of filing: New York

    Defendant

    • Name: Sell It Social, LLC
    • Website: www.rebelcircus.com
    • Industry: Apparel
    • Summary: Sell It Social, LLC sells goth-style apparel and accessories via the Rebel Circus website.

    Case Summary

    On June 14, 2019, Valentin Reid filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Sell It Social, LLC. Plaintiff Valentin Reid alleges that www.rebelcircus.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.1 accessibility standard(s).

    Case Details

    Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:

    • Lack of Alternative Text (“alt-text”), or a text equivalent.
    • Empty Links That Contain No Text causing the function or purpose of the link to not be presented to the user. 
    • Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address which results in additional navigation and repetition for keyboard and screen-reader users; and
    • Linked Images Missing Alt-text, which causes problems if an image within a link contains no text and that image does not provide alt-text. 

    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:

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