A visually-impaired woman is taking a stand against an art corporation for allegedly failing to make its website accessible to blind users. Frangie Espinal filed a class action complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on November 13, 2025, against Daniel Templon Corp., accusing the company of violating her rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Espinal, who is legally blind and requires screen-reading software to access web content, claims that Daniel Templon Corp.’s website, www.templon.com, is not designed to be fully accessible to individuals like her. The complaint cites a letter from U.S. Department of Justice Assistant Attorney General Stephen E. Boyd confirming that public accommodations must ensure their websites are equally accessible to people with disabilities. Despite this mandate, Espinal alleges that Templon’s website contains multiple barriers preventing blind and visually-impaired individuals from accessing its online goods and services.
The lawsuit highlights various accessibility issues on the Templon website, including lack of alternative text for images, empty links without descriptive text, redundant links leading to the same URL, and linked images missing alt-text. These barriers allegedly prevent screen readers from conveying necessary information to visually-impaired users. Espinal’s attempts to purchase a Gérard Garouste “Correspondances” Poster were thwarted by these accessibility issues during her visit to the site on October 30, 2025.
Espinal argues that these obstacles violate Title III of the ADA as well as New York State Human Rights Law (NYSHRL), New York City Human Rights Law (NYCHRL), and New York State General Business Law § 349 (GBL). She seeks a permanent injunction requiring Daniel Templon Corp. to adopt policies ensuring its website becomes and remains accessible to visually-impaired consumers. Additionally, she demands compensatory damages and attorneys’ fees.
The case emphasizes the broader issue of digital accessibility in an increasingly online world where many services have moved online post-pandemic. The complaint argues that inaccessible websites exclude people with disabilities just as much as physical barriers do at traditional public accommodations.
Representing Espinal are attorneys Michael A. LaBollita, Jeffrey M. Gottlieb, and Dana L. Gottlieb from Gottlieb & Associates PLLC based in New York City. The case has been assigned Case ID 1:25-cv-09598.
Source: 125cv09598_Frangie_Espinal_v_Daniel_Templonr_Complaint_Southern_District_of_New_York.pdf
