Plaintiff
- Name: Abelardo Martinez Brittney Mejico
- Filing date: May 11, 2020
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Teladoc Health Inc.
- Website: www.teladoc.com
- Industry: Medical
- Summary: Teladoc Health, Inc., formerly referred to as Teladoc, Inc. and Teladoc Medical Services, is a multinational telemedicine and virtual healthcare company based in the United States.
Case Summary
On May 11, 2020, Abelardo Martinez Brittney Mejico filed a Complaint in California State court against Teladoc Health Inc. . Plaintiff Abelardo Martinez Brittney Mejico alleges that www.teladoc.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
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- Broken ARIA references
- Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
- Violations of the 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 Plaintiffs’ 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, https://www.teladoc.com/, readily accessible to and usable by visually-impaired individuals; but Plaintiffs hereby expressly limit 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, Plaintiffs expressly limit 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, Plaintiffs expressly limit 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
- For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
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