{"id":12382,"date":"2021-03-28T00:46:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T00:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.websearchpros.com\/?p=12382"},"modified":"2021-03-28T00:46:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T00:46:13","slug":"mejico-v-the-hartford-financial-services-group-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/2021\/03\/28\/mejico-v-the-hartford-financial-services-group-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"MEJICO v. THE HARTFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"legal_whom\">\n<div class=\"plaintiff_block\">\n<div class=\"plaintiff_content\">\n<h2>Plaintiff<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"legal_ul\">\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Name:<\/span> Brittney Mejico<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Filing date:<\/span> March 18, 2021<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">State of filing:<\/span> California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"defendant_block\">\n<div class=\"defendant_content\">\n<h2>Defendant<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"legal_ul\">\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Name:<\/span> The Hartford Financial<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Website:<\/span> <a class=\"defendant_website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thehartford.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.thehartford.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Industry:<\/span> Insurance<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Summary:<\/span> The Hartford sells auto, home, and business insurance products as well as employee benefits programs and mutual funds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legal_summary\">\n<h2>Case Summary<\/h2>\n<p>On March 18, 2021, Brittney Mejico filed a Complaint in California State court against The Hartford Financial. Plaintiff Brittney Mejico alleges that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehartford.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.thehartford.com<\/a> is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legal_case_details\">\n<h2>Case Details<\/h2>\n<h3>Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"indented-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>IDs used in ARIA labels must be unique. This is important because duplicate ARIA IDs are<br \/>\ncommon validation errors that may break the accessibility of labels, e.g., form fields, table header<br \/>\ncells. Unique ID\u2019s differentiate each element from another and prevent invalid markup, wherein only<br \/>\nthe first instant gets acted upon by client-side scripting, or where assistive technologies typically only<br \/>\nreference the first one accurately;<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that links with the same accessible name serve a similar<br \/>\npurpose. This is important because the intention is to help users understand the purpose of each link in<br \/>\nthe content, so they can decide whether they want to follow it. Best practice is that links with the same<br \/>\ndestination would have the same descriptions but links with different purposes and destinations would<br \/>\nhave different descriptions which calls for consistency in identifying components that have the same<br \/>\nfunctionality. Because the purpose of a link can be identified from its link text, links can be<br \/>\nunderstood they are out of context, such as when the user agent providers a list of all the links on a<br \/>\npage;<\/li>\n<li>IDs used in ARIA labels must be unique. This is important because duplicate ARIA IDs are<br \/>\ncommon validation errors that may break the accessibility of labels, e.g., form fields, table header<br \/>\ncells. Unique ID\u2019s differentiate each element from another and prevent invalid markup, wherein only<br \/>\nthe first instant gets acted upon by client-side scripting, or where assistive technologies typically only<br \/>\nreference the first one accurately;<\/li>\n<li>Text elements must have sufficient color contrast against the<br \/>\nbackground, which presents a problem because Some people with low vision experience low contrast,<br \/>\nmeaning that there aren&#8217;t very many bright or dark areas. Everything tends to appear about the same<br \/>\nbrightness, which makes it hard to distinguish outlines, borders, edges, and details. Text that is too<br \/>\nclose in luminance (brightness) to the background can be hard to read. There are nearly three times<br \/>\nmore individuals with low vision than those with total blindness. One in twelve people cannot see the average full spectrum of colors &#8211; about 8% of men and 0.4% of women in the US. A person with low<br \/>\nvision or color blindness is unable to distinguish text against a background without sufficient contrast;<\/li>\n<li>&lt;li&gt; elements must be contained in a &lt;ul&gt; or &lt;ol&gt;, which is important because for a list to be valid,<br \/>\nit must have both parent and child elements. Parent elements can either be a set of ul tags or a set of ol<br \/>\ntags. Child elements must be declared inside of these tags using the li tag. Screen readers notify users<br \/>\nwhen they come to a list, and tell them how many items are in a list. Announcing the number of items<br \/>\nin a list and the current list item helps listeners know what they are listening to, and what to expect as<br \/>\nthey listen to it. If you don&#8217;t mark up a list using proper semantic markup in a hierarchy, list items<br \/>\ncannot inform the listener that they are listening to a list when no parent is indicating the presence of a<br \/>\nlist and the type of list; and<\/li>\n<li>Certain ARIA roles must contain particular children, which is<br \/>\nimportant because for each role, WAI-ARIA explicitly defines which child and parent roles are<br \/>\nallowable and\/or required. ARIA roles missing required child roles will not be able to perform the<br \/>\naccessibility functions intended by the developer. Assistive technology needs to convey the context to<br \/>\nthe user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"indented-text\">\n<p>Violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code \u00a7 51 et seq.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"indented-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>For a judgment that Defendant violated Plaintiff&#8217;s rights under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code \u00a7 51 <em>et seq<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>For a preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make the Websites readily accessible to and usable by visually-impaired individuals, but Plaintiff hereby expressly limit the injunctive relief to require the Defendant expend no more than $20,000 as the cost of injunctive relief;<\/li>\n<li>An award of statutory minimum damages of $4,000 per violation pursuant to section 52(a) of the California Civil Code, however, Plaintiff expressly limit the total amount of recovery, including statutory damages, attorneys&#8217; fees and costs, and cost of injunctive relief not to exceed $74,999;<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0For attorneys\u2019 fees and expenses pursuant to all applicable laws including, without limitation, California Civil Code \u00a7 52(a); however, Plaintiff expressly limits the total amount of recovery, including statutory damages, attorneys\u2019 fees and costs, and cost of injunctive relief not t \u00a0exceed $74,999;<\/li>\n<li>For pre-judgment interest to the extent permitted by law;<\/li>\n<li>For costs of suit; and<\/li>\n<li>For such other and further relief as the Court Deems just and proper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plaintiff Name: Brittney Mejico Filing date: March 18, 2021 State of filing: California Defendant Name: The Hartford Financial Website: www.thehartford.com Industry: Insurance Summary: The Hartford sells auto, home, and business insurance products as well as employee benefits programs and mutual funds. 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