MEJICO v. RENT-A-CENTER, INC.

    Plaintiff

    • Name: Brittney Mejico
    • Filing date: December 4, 2019
    • State of filing: California

    Defendant

    • Name: Rent A Center Inc.
    • Website: www.rentacenter.com
    • Industry: Consumer Goods
    • Summary: Rent A Center is a rent-to-own company, selling consumers furniture, appliances, and electronics on installment plans.

    Case Summary

    On December 4, 2019, Brittney Mejico filed a Complaint in California State court against Rent A Center Inc.. Plaintiff Brittney Mejico alleges that www.rentacenter.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).

    Case Details

    Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:

    • Multiple form labels, which presents a problem because a form control should have at most one associated label element.
    •  Broken ARIA references. 
    • Linked image missing alternative text which presents a problem because an image without alternative text
      results in an empty link.

    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, 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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