ABELARDO MARTINEZ V. SKINOMI, LLC

    Plaintiff

    • Name: Abelardo Martinez Jr.
    • Filing date: April 29, 2019
    • State of filing: California

    Defendant

    • Name: Skinomi, LLC
    • Website: www.skinomi.com
    • Industry: Consumer Goods
    • Summary: Skinomi, LLC sells TechSkin protective coverings for tablets, cellphones, monitors, and other electronic devices via its website.

    Case Summary

    On April 29, 2019, Abelardo Martinez Jr. filed a Complaint in California Federal court against Skinomi, LLC. Plaintiff Abelardo Martinez Jr. alleges that www.skinomi.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).

    Case Details

    Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:

    • Missing Alternative Text (“alt-text”), or a text equivalent.
    • Empty or missing form labels; 
    • Empty links that contain no text;
    • Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address;

    Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:

    Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code § 51 et seq. 

    Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:

    • For a judgment that Defendant violated Plaintiff’s rights under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code § 51 et seq.;
    • For a preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make the Website, www.skinomi.com, readily accessible to and usable by visually impaired individuals; but Plaintiff hereby expressly limits the injunctive relief to require that Defendant expend no more $20,000 as the cost of injunctive relief;
      An award of statutory minimum damages of $4,000 per violation pursuant to section 52(a) of the California Civil Code; however, Plaintiff expressly limits the total amount of recovery, including statutory damages, attorneys’ fees and costs, and cost of injunctive relief not to exceed $74,999;
    • For attorneys’ fees and expenses pursuant to all applicable laws including, without limitation, California Civil Code § 52(a); however, Plaintiff expressly limits the total amount of
      recovery, including statutory damages, attorneys’ fees and costs, and cost of injunctive relief not to exceed $74,999;
    • For pre-judgment interest to the extent permitted by law;
    • For costs of suit; and
    • For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.

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