Plaintiff
- Name: Abelardo Martinez, Jr.
- Filing date: March 26, 2020
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: The Money Source, Inc.
- Website: www.themoneysource.com
- Industry: Finance
- Summary: The Money Source, Inc. is in the mortgage banking industry.
Case Summary
On March 26, 2020, Abelardo Martinez, Jr. filed a Complaint in California State court against The Money Source, Inc. . Plaintiff Abelardo Martinez, Jr. alleges that www.themoneysource.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
- Empty headings, which present no information and may introduce confusion
- Empty links which present a problem because a link contains no text.
- Broken slip link, which presents a problem because the target for the link does not exist or the link is not keyboard accessible
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 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, http://www.themoneysource.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
