Plaintiff
- Name: Luis Licea
- Filing date: April 19, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Human Kinetics, Inc.
- Website: us.humankinetics.com
- Industry: Educational
- Summary: Human Kinetics, Inc. sells books and educational courses related to sports, exercise, nutrition, and health.
Case Summary
On April 19, 2019, Luis Licea filed a Complaint in California State court against Human Kinetics, Inc.. Plaintiff Luis Licea alleges that us.humankinetics.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 (“alt-text”), or a text equivalent.
- Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address.
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 judgment that Defendant violated Plaintiff's rights under the UCRA, Cal. Civ. Code $ 51, et seq.;
- 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 Plaintiffhereby expressly limits the injunctive relief to require that Defendant expend no more than $ 20,000 as the cost of injunctive relief;
- 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 costs of injunctive relief not to exceed $74,999;
- Attorneys' fees and reasonable expenses;
- For prejudgment interest to the extent permitted by law;
- For costs of suit;
- Such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
