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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

PALM BEACH DIVISION

CASE NO. 

VICTOR ARIZA, 

Plaintiff,

vs.

RAWLINGS SPORTING GOODS 

COMPANY, INC., a foreign

for-profit corporation,

Defendant.

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COMPLAINT

Plaintiff VICTOR ARIZA, through undersigned counsel, sues Defendant RAWLINGS 

SPORTING GOODS COMPANY, INC., a foreign for-profit corporation, and alleges as follows:

1. This is an action for declaratory and injunctive relief, attorney’s fees, costs, and 

litigation expenses for unlawful disability discrimination in violation of Title III of the Americans 

with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§12181-12189 (“ADA”), as amended, and 28 C.F.R. Part 36. 

 2. This Court has jurisdiction over this case based on federal question jurisdiction, 28 

U.S.C. §1331, and the provisions of the ADA. Plaintiff seeks declaratory and injunctive relief 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§2201 and 2202. 

3. Venue is proper in this Court as all actions complained of herein and injuries and 

damages suffered occurred in the Middle District of Florida.

4. Plaintiff VICTOR ARIZA is a resident of Miami-Dade County, Florida, is sui juris, 

and is disabled as defined by the ADA and ADA Amendments Act of 2008, 42 U.S.C. §12101 

(“ADAAA”).

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5. Plaintiff is and at all relevant times has been blind and visually disabled in that he 

suffers from optical nerve atrophy, a permanent eye disease and medical condition that 

substantially and significantly impairs his vision and limits his ability to see. Plaintiff thus is 

substantially limited in performing one or more major life activities, including, but not limited to, 

seeing, accurately visualizing his world, and adequately traversing obstacles. As such, he is a 

member of a protected class under the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §12102(1)-(2), the regulations 

implementing the ADA set forth at 28 CFR §§36.101, et seq., and 42 U.S.C. §3602(h). Plaintiff 

further is an advocate of the rights of similarly situated disabled persons and is a “tester” for the 

purposes of asserting his civil rights and monitoring, ensuring, and determining whether places of 

public accommodation and/or their respective and associated websites are in compliance with the 

ADA and any other applicable disability laws, regulations, and ordinances. 

6. Because he is blind, Plaintiff cannot use his computer without the assistance of 

appropriate and available auxiliary aids, screen reader software, and other technology and 

assistance. Screen reader software translates the visual internet into an auditory equivalent. At a 

rapid pace, the software reads the content of a webpage to the user. “The screen reading software 

uses auditory cues to allow a visually impaired user to effectively use websites. For example, when 

using the visual internet, a seeing user learns that a link may be ‘clicked,’ which will bring him to 

another webpage, through visual cues, such as a change in the color of the text (often text is turned 

from black to blue). When the sighted user's cursor hovers over the link, it changes from an arrow 

symbol to a hand. The screen reading software uses auditory -- rather than visual -- cues to relay 

this same information. When a sight impaired individual reaches a link that may be ‘clicked on,’ 

the software reads the link to the user, and after reading the text of the link says the word 

‘clickable.’...Through a series of auditory cues read aloud by the screen reader, the visually 

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impaired user can navigate a website by listening and responding with his keyboard.” Andrews v. 

Blick Art Materials, LLC, 17-CV-767, 2017 WL 6542466, at *6-7 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 21, 2017).

7. Defendant is a foreign for-profit corporation authorized to do business and doing

business in the State of Florida. Defendant owns, operates, and/or controls retail factory outlet 

stores selling sporting goods, apparel, and accessories, one or more of which Plaintiff intended to 

patronize in the near future, including the store located at 1791 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, Suite

W111, West Palm Beach, Florida. 

8. Plaintiff’s visual disability limits him in the performance of major life activities, 

including sight, and he requires assistive technologies, auxiliary aids, and services for effective 

communication, including communication in connection with his use of a computer. 

9. Plaintiff frequently accesses the internet. Because he is blind, to effectively 

communicate and comprehend information available on the internet and thereby access and 

comprehend websites, Plaintiff uses commercially available screen reader software to interface 

with the various websites.

10. At all times material hereto, Defendant was and still is an organization that owns, 

operates, and/or controls retail factory outlet stores selling sporting goods, apparel, and accessories

under the brand name “Rawlings”. Each “Rawlings” factory outlet store is open to the public. As 

the owner, operator, and/or controller of these retail stores, Defendant is defined as a place of 

“public accommodation" within meaning of the ADA because Defendant is a private entity which 

owns and/or operates “a bakery, grocery store, clothing store, hardware store, shopping center, or 

other sales or rental establishment,” per 42 U.S.C. §12181(7)(E) and 28 C.F.R. §36.104(2).

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11. Because Defendant is a store open to the public, each of Defendant’s physical stores

is a place of public accommodation subject to the requirements of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §12182, 

§12181(7)(E), and its implementing regulations, 28 C.F.R. Part 36. 

12. Defendant also owns, controls, maintains, and/or operates an adjunct website, 

www.rawlings.com (the “Website”). One of the functions of the Website is to provide the public 

information on the locations of Defendant’s stores through a “store locator” feature that identifies

physical store locations that sell Defendant’s merchandise throughout the United States and within 

the State of Florida. Defendant also sells to the public its merchandise through the Website, which 

acts as a point of sale for merchandise that is also available from, in, and through Defendant’s

physical stores (but not necessarily the physical stores that Plaintiff intended to patronize). In 

addition, the Website allows the public to design and personalize purchased sporting goods, 

purchase gift cards for use online and in the physical stores and allows users to arrange from-store 

home deliveries and in-store returns of merchandise purchased online. 

13. The Website also services Defendant’s physical stores by providing information on 

available products, services, tips and advice, editorials, sales campaigns, events, and other 

information that Defendant is interested in communicating to its customers.

14. Because the Website allows the public the ability to secure information about the 

locations of Defendant’s physical stores, purchase merchandise also available for purchase from 

and in the physical stores, customize and design purchased goods, purchase gift cards for use 

online and in the physical stores, arrange from-store home deliveries and in-store returns of 

merchandise purchased online, and sign up for an emailer to receive exclusive online offers, 

benefits, invitations, and discounts for use online and in the physical stores, the Website has a 

nexus to, and is an extension of and gateway to, the goods, services, privileges, and advantages of 

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Defendant’s physical stores, which are places of public accommodation under the ADA. As an 

extension of and service, privilege, and advantage provided by a place of public accommodation 

as defined under the ADA, the Website is an extension of the services, privileges, and advantages 

made available to the general public by Defendant at and through its brick-and-mortar locations

and businesses. Furthermore, the Website is a necessary service and privilege of Defendant’s 

physical stores in that, as a point of sale for the stores, it enables users of the Website to make 

online purchases of Defendant’s merchandise that is also available from and in its physical stores.

15. Because the public can view and purchase Defendant’s goods through the Website 

that are also offered for sale in the Defendant’s physical stores, thus having the Website act as a 

point of sale for Defendant’s products also sold in the physical stores, customize and design 

purchased goods, purchase gift cards to make purchases both online and in the physical stores, 

arrange from-store home deliveries and in-store returns of merchandise purchased online, and sign 

up for an emailer to receive exclusive online offers, benefits, invitations, and discounts for use 

online and in the physical stores, the Website is an extension of, and gateway to the physical 

stores, which are places of public accommodation pursuant to the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §12181(7)(E). 

As such, the Website is a necessary service, privilege, and advantage of Defendant’s brick-andmortar stores that must comply with all requirements of the ADA, must not discriminate against 

individuals with visual disabilities, and must not deny those individuals the same full and equal 

access to and enjoyment of the goods, services, privileges, and advantages afforded the nonvisually disabled public both online and in the physical stores.

16. At all times material hereto, Defendant was and still is an organization owning, 

operating, and/or controlling the Website. Since the Website is open to the public through the 

internet, by this nexus the Website is an intangible service, privilege, and advantage of Defendant’s 

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brick-and-mortar stores that must comply with all requirements of the ADA, must not discriminate 

against individuals with visual disabilities, and must not deny those individuals the same full and 

equal access to and enjoyment of the goods, services, privileges, and advantages as are afforded 

the non-visually disabled public both online and in the physical stores. As such, Defendant has 

subjected itself and the Website to the requirements of the ADA.

17. Plaintiff is and has been a customer who is interested in patronizing, and intends to 

patronize in the near future once the Website’s access barriers are removed or remedied, 

Defendant’s physical factory outlet stores (including the store located West Palm Beach, Florida), 

and to search for the brick-and-mortar stores, check store hours and merchandise pricing, purchase 

merchandise, customize and designed purchased goods, purchase gift cards, arrange home 

deliveries and in-store returns of merchandise purchased online, and sign up for an emailer to 

receive exclusive offers, benefits, invitations, and discounts for use at the Website or in 

Defendant’s physical stores. In the alternative, Plaintiff intends to monitor the Website in the near 

future as a tester to ascertain whether it has been updated to interact properly with screen reader 

software. 

18. The opportunity to shop and pre-shop Defendant’s merchandise, customize and 

design purchased goods, purchase gift cards, arrange from-store home deliveries and in-store 

returns, and sign up for an emailer to receive exclusive online offers, benefits, invitations, and 

discounts for use both online and in the physical stores from his home are important and necessary 

accommodations for Plaintiff because traveling outside of his home as a visually disabled 

individual is often a difficult, hazardous, frightening, frustrating, and confusing experience. 

Defendant has not provided its business information in any other digital format that is accessible 

for use by blind and visually disabled individuals using screen reader software.

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19. Like many consumers, Plaintiff accesses a number of websites at a time to help plan 

his store visits and to compare merchandise, prices, sales, discounts, and promotions. Plaintiff 

may look at several dozens of sites to compare features, discounts, promotions, and prices.

20. During the month of November 2022, Plaintiff attempted on a number of occasions 

to utilize the Website to browse through the merchandise and online offers to educate himself as 

to the merchandise, sales, discounts, and promotions being offered, learn about the brick-andmortar stores, check store hours, and check merchandise pricing with the intent to make a purchase 

through the Website or in one of the physical stores. Plaintiff also attempted to access and utilize 

the Website in his capacity as a tester to determine whether it was accessible to blind and visually 

disabled persons such as himself who use screen reader software to access and navigate company 

websites.

21. Plaintiff utilizes available screen reader software that allows individuals who are 

blind and visually disabled to communicate with websites. However, Defendant’s Website 

contains access barriers that prevent free and full use by blind and visually disabled individuals 

using keyboards and available screen reader software. These barriers are pervasive and include, 

but are not limited to: 

a. Icons in the upper right-hand corner are mislabeled;

b. Popup window offering 20% off your order if you sign up is mislabeled;

c. The quantity “increase” and “decrease” buttons, (-) and (+), are mislabeled;

d. Some text is inaccessible such as the text before the Learn More link that offers 

Affirm interest free payments; and

e. The product prices are inaccessible.

22. Plaintiff attempted to locate an “accessibility” notice, statement, or policy on the 

Website that would direct him to a webpage with contact information for disabled individuals who 

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have questions or concerns about, or who are having difficulties communicating with, the Website. 

Although the Website appeared to have an “accessibility” statement displayed and an

“accessibility” widget/plugin installed, that “accessibility” statement and the widget/plugin, when

tested, still could not effectively be accessed by, and continued to be a barrier to, blind persons

such as Plaintiff. Plaintiff, thus, was unable to receive any meaningful or prompt assistance

through the “accessibility” statement and the widget/plugin to enable him to quickly, fully, and

effectively navigate the Website.

23. The fact that Plaintiff could not communicate with or within the Website left him 

feeling excluded, frustrated, and humiliated, and gave him a sense of isolation and segregation, as 

he is unable to participate in the same shopping experience, with the same access to the 

merchandise, sales, services, discounts, and promotions, as provided at the Website and in the 

physical store as the non-visually disabled public.

24. Plaintiff desires and intends, in the near future once the Website’s access barriers 

are removed or remedied, to patronize one or more of Defendant’s physical stores and to use the 

Website, but he is presently unable to do so as he is unable to effectively communicate with 

Defendant due to his blindness and the Website’s access barriers. Alternatively, as a tester using 

screen reader software, Plaintiff is unable to effectively access, navigate, and communicate with 

Defendant through the Website due to his blindness and the Website’s access barriers. Thus, 

Plaintiff as well as others who are blind and with visual disabilities will suffer continuous and

ongoing harm from Defendant’s intentional acts, omissions, policies, and practices as set forth 

herein unless properly enjoined by this Court.

25. Because of the nexus between Defendant’s retail stores and the Website, and the 

fact that the Website clearly provides support for and is connected to Defendant’s retail stores for 

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its operation and use, the Website is an intangible service, privilege, and advantage of Defendant’s 

brick-and-mortar stores that must comply with all requirements of the ADA, must not discriminate 

against individuals with disabilities, and must not deny those individuals the same full and equal 

access to and enjoyment of the goods, services, privileges, and advantages as afforded the nonvisually disabled public both online and in the physical stores, which are places of public 

accommodation subject to the requirements of the ADA.

26. On information and belief, Defendant has not initiated a Web Accessibility Policy 

to ensure full and equal use of the Website by individuals with disabilities.

27. On information and belief, Defendant has not instituted a Web Accessibility 

Committee to ensure full and equal use of Website by individuals with disabilities.

28. On information and belief, Defendant has not designated an employee as a Web 

Accessibility Coordinator to ensure full and equal use of the Website by individuals with 

disabilities.

29. On information and belief, Defendant has not instituted a Web Accessibility User 

Accessibility Testing Group to ensure full and equal use of the Website by individuals with 

disabilities.

30. On information and belief, Defendant has not instituted a User Accessibility 

Testing Group to ensure full and equal use of the Website by individuals with disabilities.

31. On information and belief, Defendant has not instituted a Bug Fix Priority Policy.

32. On information and belief, Defendant has not instituted an Automated Web 

Accessibility Testing program. 

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33. Defendant has not created and instituted an effective and accessible Specialized 

Customer Assistance line or service or email contact mode for customer assistance for the visually 

disabled.

34. Defendant has not created and instituted on the Website an effective and useable

page for individuals with disabilities, nor displayed a useable link and information hotline, nor 

created an effective information portal explaining when and how Defendant will have the Website, 

applications, and digital assets accessible to the visually disabled or blind community.

35. The Website does not meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (“WCAG”) 

2.0 Level AA or higher versions of web accessibility.

36. Defendant has not disclosed to the public any intended audits, changes, or lawsuits 

to correct the inaccessibility of the Website to visually disabled individuals who want the safety 

and privacy of purchasing Defendant’s merchandise offered on the Website and in the physical 

store from their homes.

37. Defendant thus has not provided full and equal access to, and enjoyment of, the 

goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations provided by and through 

the Website and the physical stores in contravention of the ADA.

38. Public accommodations under the ADA must ensure that their places of public 

accommodation provide effective communication for all members of the general public, including 

individuals with visual disabilities such as Plaintiff.

39. The broad mandate of the ADA is to provide equal opportunity for individuals with 

disabilities to participate in and benefit from all aspects of American civic and economic life. That 

mandate extends to internet shopping websites such as the Website at issue in the instant action.

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40. Defendant is, and at all relevant times has been, aware of the barriers to effective 

communication within the Website which prevent individuals with visual disabilities from the 

means to comprehend information presented therein.

41. Defendant is, and at all relevant times has been, aware of the need to provide full 

access to all visitors to the Website.

42. The barriers that continue to exist on the Website result in discriminatory and 

unequal treatment of individuals with visual disabilities, including Plaintiff.

43. Plaintiff has no plain, adequate, or complete remedy at law to redress the wrongs 

alleged hereinabove, and this suit for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief is his only means 

to secure adequate and complete redress from Defendant’s unlawful and discriminatory practices 

in connection with its website access and operation.

44. Notice to Defendant is not required because of Defendant’s failure to cure the 

violations. 

45. Enforcement of Plaintiff’s rights under the ADA is right and just pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. §§2201 and 2202.

46. Plaintiff has retained the undersigned attorneys to represent him in this case and 

has agreed to pay them a reasonable fee for their services.

COUNT I – VIOLATION OF THE ADA

47. Plaintiff re-alleges paragraphs 1 through 46 as if set forth fully herein.

48. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §12181(7)(E), Defendant is a public accommodation under 

the ADA and thus is subject to the ADA.

49. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §12181(7)(E), the Website is covered under the ADA 

because it provides the general public with the ability to locate and learn about Defendant’s stores,

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purchase merchandise that is also available for purchase from and in the physical stores, customize 

and design purchased goods online, purchase gift cards for use both online and in the physical 

stores, arrange from-store home deliveries and in-store returns of merchandise purchased online, 

and sign up for an emailer to receive exclusive online offers, benefits, invitations, and discounts 

for use both online and in the physical stores. The Website thus is an extension of, gateway to, 

and intangible service, privilege, and advantage of Defendant’s physical stores. Further, the 

Website also serves to augment Defendant’s physical stores by providing the public information 

about the stores and by educating the public as to Defendant’s available merchandise sold through 

the Website and in the physical stores.

50. Under Title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §12182(b)(1)(A)(II), it is unlawful 

discrimination to deny individuals with disabilities or a class of individuals with disabilities an 

opportunity to participate in or benefit from the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, 

or accommodation, which is equal to the opportunities afforded to other individuals.

51. Specifically, under Title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §12182(b)(2)(A)(II), unlawful 

discrimination includes, among other things, “a failure to make reasonable modifications in 

policies, practices, or procedures, when such modifications are necessary to afford such goods, 

services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations to individuals with disabilities, 

unless the entity can demonstrate that making such modifications would fundamentally alter the 

nature of such goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations.”

52. In addition, under Title III of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. §12182(b)(2)(A)(III), unlawful 

discrimination includes, among other things, “a failure to take such steps, as may be necessary to 

ensure that no individual with a disability is excluded, denied services, segregated or otherwise 

treated differently than other individuals because of the absence of auxiliary aids and services, 

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unless the entity can demonstrate that taking such steps would fundamentally alter the nature of 

the good, service, facility, privilege, advantage, or accommodation being offered or would result 

in an undue burden.”

53. Defendant’s Website must comply with the ADA, but it does not as specifically 

alleged hereinabove and below.

54. Because of the inaccessibility of the Website, individuals with visual disabilities 

are denied full and equal access to, and enjoyment of, the goods, information, and services that 

Defendant has made available to the public on the Website and in the physical store in violation 

of 42 U.S.C. §12101, et seq, and as prohibited by 42 U.S.C. §12182, et seq.

55. The Website was subsequently visited by Plaintiff’s expert in November 2022 and 

the expert determination was that the same access barriers that Plaintiff had initially encountered, 

as well as numerous additional access barriers, existed. Despite being a defendant in several prior

ADA accessibility lawsuits, one or more of which resulted in a confidential settlement agreement

and at least one that resulted in a now-expired consent decrees that obligated Defendant to fully

remediate the Website, Defendant has made insufficient material changes or improvements to the

Website to enable its full use and enjoyment by, and accessibility to, blind and visually disabled

persons such as Plaintiff. Indeed, when the Website was visited by the expert, although the

Website appeared to have an “accessibility” statement on its home page as well as an

“accessibility” widget/plugin installed, that “accessibility” statement and the widget/plugin, when

tested, still could not effectively be used or accessed by, and continued to be a barrier to, blind and

visually disabled persons such as Plaintiff. Defendant furthermore has not disclosed to the public

any intended audits, changes, or lawsuits to correct the inaccessibility of the Website to visually

disabled individuals, nor has it posted on the Website an effective and useable “accessibility”

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notice, statement, or policy to provide blind and visually disabled person such as Plaintiff with a

viable alternative means to access and navigate the Website. Defendant thus has failed to make

reasonable modifications in its policies, practices, or procedures when such modifications are

necessary to afford goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations to

individuals with disabilities, in violation of 28 C.F.R. §36.302. The lack of a viable and effective

“accessibility” notice, policy, or statement and the numerous access barriers as set forth in the

Declaration of Plaintiff’s expert, Robert D. Moody, attached hereto as Composite Exhibit “A” and

the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference, continue to render the Website not

fully accessible to users who are blind and visually disabled, including Plaintiff.

56. More violations may be present on other pages of the Website, which can and will 

be determined and proven through the discovery process in this case.

57. There are readily available, well-established guidelines on the internet for making 

Websites accessible to the blind and visually disabled. These guidelines have been followed by 

other large business entities in making their websites accessible. Examples of such guidelines 

include, but are not limited to, adding alt-text to graphics and ensuring that all functions can be 

performed using a keyboard. Incorporating such basic components to make the Website accessible 

would neither fundamentally alter the nature of Defendant’s business nor would it result in an 

undue burden to Defendant.

58. Defendant has violated the ADA -- and continues to violate the ADA -- by denying 

access to the Website by individuals such as Plaintiff with visual disabilities who require the 

assistance of interface with screen reader software to comprehend and access internet websites. 

These violations within the Website are ongoing.

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59. The ADA requires that public accommodations and places of public 

accommodation ensure that communication is effective. 

60. According to 28 C.F.R. §36.303(b)(1), auxiliary aids and services include “voice, 

text, and video-based telecommunications products and systems”. Indeed, 28 C.F.R. 

§36.303(b)(2) specifically states that screen reader software is an effective method of making 

visually delivered material available to individuals who are blind or have low vision.

61. According to 28 C.F.R. §36.303(c), public accommodations must furnish 

appropriate auxiliary aids and services where necessary to ensure effective communication with 

individuals with disabilities: “In order to be effective, auxiliary aids and services must be provided 

in accessible formats, in a timely manner, and in such a way as to protect the privacy and 

independence of the individual with a disability,” 28 C.F.R. §36.303(c)(1)(ii).

62. Part 36 of Title 28 of the C.F.R. was designed and is implemented to effectuate 

subtitle A of Title III of the ADA, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by 

public accommodations, and requires places of public accommodation to be designed, constructed, 

and altered in compliance with the accessibility standards established by Part 36.

63. As alleged hereinabove, the Website has not been designed to interface with the 

widely and readily available technologies that can be used to ensure effective communication and 

thus violates the ADA.

64. As a direct and proximate result of Defendant’s failure to provide an ADA 

compliant Website, with a nexus to its brick-and-mortar stores, Plaintiff has suffered an injury in 

fact by being denied full access to, enjoyment of, and communication with Defendant’s Website 

and its physical stores. 

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65. Because of the inadequate development and administration of the Website, Plaintiff 

is entitled to injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §12133 and 28 C.F.R. §36.303, to remedy the 

ongoing disability discrimination. 

66. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §12188, this Court is vested with the authority to grant 

Plaintiff appropriate and necessary injunctive relief, including an order to: 

a) Require Defendant to adopt and implement a web accessibility policy to make publicly 

available and directly link from the homepage of the Website to a functional statement as to the 

Defendant’s policy to ensure persons with disabilities have full and equal access to and enjoyment 

of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of the physical stores 

through the Website.

b) Require Defendant to take the necessary steps to make the Website readily accessible 

to and usable by blind and visually disabled users, and during that time period prior to the 

Website’s being made readily accessible, provide an alternative method for individuals with visual 

disabilities to access the information available on the Website until such time that the requisite 

modifications are made, and 

c) Require Defendant to provide the appropriate auxiliary aids such that individuals with 

visual disabilities will be able to effectively communicate with the Website for purposes of 

viewing and locating Defendant’s physical stores and becoming informed of and purchasing 

Defendant’s merchandise, and during that time period prior to the Website’s being designed to 

permit individuals with visual disabilities to effectively communicate, to provide an alternative 

method for individuals with visual disabilities to effectively communicate for such goods and 

services made available to the general public through the Website and in the physical stores. 

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67. Plaintiff is entitled to recover his reasonable attorney’s fees, costs, and expenses 

pursuant to the ADA. To that end, Plaintiff has been obligated to retain the undersigned counsel 

for the filing and prosecution of this action and has agreed to pay them a reasonable fee for their 

services. 

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff requests entry of judgment in his favor and against Defendant for 

the following relief:

A. A declaration that Defendant’s Website is in violation of the ADA;

B. An Order requiring Defendant, by a date certain, to update the Website, and continue 

to monitor and update the Website on an ongoing basis, to remove barriers in order that 

individuals with visual disabilities can access, and continue to access, the Website and 

effectively communicate with the Website to the full extent required by Title III of the 

ADA; 

C. An Order requiring Defendant, by a date certain, to clearly display 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 ensure that individuals who are disabled are 

aware of the availability of the accessible features of the Website;

D. 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 ensure 

compliance thereto;

1 or similar.

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E. 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 Website;

F. An Order directing Defendant, by a date certain, to establish a policy of web 

accessibility and accessibility features for the Website to ensure effective 

communication for individuals who are visually disabled;

G. An Order requiring, by a date certain, that any third-party vendors who participate on 

Defendant’s Website to be fully accessible to the visually disabled;

H. 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 Website on how to conform 

all web content and services with ADA accessibility requirements and applicable 

accessibility guidelines;

I. An Order directing Defendant, by a date certain and at least once every three months 

thereafter, to conduct automated accessibility tests of the Website to identify any 

instances where the 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;

J. An Order directing Defendant, by a date certain, to make publicly available and directly 

link from the Website homepage, a statement of Defendant’s Accessibility Policy to 

ensure the persons with disabilities have full and equal enjoyment of the Website and 

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shall accompany the public policy statement with an accessible means of submitting 

accessibility questions and problems; 

K. An award to Plaintiff of his reasonable attorney’s fees, costs and expenses; and

L. Such other and further relief as the Court deems just and equitable. 

DATED: December 30, 2022.

RODERICK V. HANNAH, ESQ., P.A. LAW OFFICE OF PELAYO

Counsel for Plaintiff DURAN, P.A.

4800 N. Hiatus Road Co-Counsel for Plaintiff

Sunrise, FL 33351 4640 N.W. 7th Street

T. 954/362-3800 Miami, FL 33126-2309

954/362-3779 (Facsimile) T. 305/266-9780 

Email: rhannah@rhannahlaw.com 305/269-8311 (Facsimile)

Email: duranandassociates@gmail.com 

By: s/ Roderick V. Hannah By: s/ Pelayo M. Duran 

RODERICK V. HANNAH PELAYO M. DURAN

Fla. Bar No. 435384 Fla. Bar No. 0146595

Case 9:22-cv-82002-DMM Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/30/2022 Page 19 of 19