MEJICO v. MLC SERVICES, LLC

    Plaintiff

    • Name: Brittney Mejico
    • Filing date: December 26, 2019
    • State of filing: California

    Defendant

    • Name: MLC Services, LLC
    • Website: www.wrapsol.com
    • Industry: Consumer Goods
    • Summary: MLC Services produces and sells cell phone cases under the Wrapsol brand name.

    Case Summary

    On December 26, 2019, Brittney Mejico filed a Complaint in California State court against MLC Services, LLC. Plaintiff Brittney Mejico alleges that www.wrapsol.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).

    Case Details

    Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:

    • Empty or missing form labels which presents a problem because, if a form control does not have a properly associated text label, the function or purpose of that form control may not be presented to screen reader users. Form labels provide visible descriptions and larger clickable targets for form controls;
    • Missing alternative text which presents a problem because an image without alternative text results in an empty link.
    • Linked image missing alternative text which
      presents a problem because an image without alternative text results in an empty link. ; and
    • Empty buttons, which means that a button is empty or has no value text.

    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:

    • A Declaratory Judgment that at the commencement of this action Defendant owns, maintains, and/or operates its Website in a manner which discriminates against the blind, fails to provide access to blind or visually-impaired individuals, and that Defendant took no action that was reasonably calculated to ensure that its Website is fully accessible to, and independently usable by blind and visually-impaired individuals in violation of California’s Unruh Act, California Civil Code § 51 , et seq;
    • A preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining Defendant from further violations of the UCRA, Civil Code § 51 et seq. with respect to the website.
    • A preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make the website readily accessible to and usable by blind and visually impaired individuals but Plaintiff hereby expressly limits the injunctive relief to require that Defendant expend no more than $50,000 thereon;
    • An award of statutory minimum statutory damages of not less than $4,000 per violation pursuant to § 52(a) of the California Civil Code;
    • An additional award of $4,000.00 as deterrence damages for each violation pursuant to Johnson v. Guedoir, 218 F. Supp. 3d 1096; 2016 U.S. Dist.LEXIS 150740 (USDC Cal, E.D. 2016);
    • For attorneys’ fees and expenses pursuant to all applicable laws including, without limitation, Civil Code § 52(a);
    • For pre-judgment interest to the extent permitted by law;
    • For costs of suit; and
    • For such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.

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