Plaintiff
- Name: Cesar Cotto
- Filing date: March 18, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: JCDI Industries LLC
- Website: www.juicecrafters.com
- Industry: Beverages
- Summary: JCDI Industries LLC operates Juice Crafters, a chain of juice bars that offers organic juices, organic smoothies, acai bowls and wellness shots.
Case Summary
On March 18, 2019, Cesar Cotto filed a Complaint in California State court against JCDI Industries LLC. Plaintiff Cesar Cotto alleges that www.juicecrafters.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0, Section 508 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- The home page has graphics, links, and buttons that are not labeled or are incorrectly labeled, or lack alternative text
- Plaintiff encountered multiple unlabeled or mislabeled buttons and links
- Plaintiff encountered multiple pages containing unlabeled graphics, links, and buttons while navigating the Website
- Plaintiff encountered multiple pages containing insufficient navigational headings requiring Plaintiff to expend substantial additional time to access information
- Plaintiff was unable to sign up for the newsletter because of an inaccessible signup system
- Plaintiff was unable to place an order for pickup because of an inaccessible checkout system
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
- VIOLATION OF THE 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 violating the UCRA, Civil Code § 51 et seq, with respect to its website
- A preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make its website readily accessible to and usable by blind and visuallyimpaired individuals
- An award of statutory minimum damages of $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, pursuant to California Civil Code § 52(a)
- For prejudgment interest to the extent permitted by law
- For costs of suit
- For such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper
