Plaintiff
- Name: Luis Licea
- Filing date: April 10, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Moroccanoil Inc.
- Website: www.moroccanoil.com
- Industry: Beauty
- Summary: Moroccanoil Inc. sells beauty and skincare products made from Moroccan argan oil at retail stores and via its website.
Case Summary
On April 10, 2019, Luis Licea filed a Complaint in California State court against Moroccanoil Inc.. Plaintiff Luis Licea alleges that www.moroccanoil.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;
- Empty links that contain no text;
- 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:
- 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 Websites readily accessible to and usable by visually-impaired individuals, but Plaintiff hereby expressly limit the injunctive relief to require the Defendant expend no more than $20,000 as the cost of injunctive releif;
- An award of statutory minimum damages of $4,000 per violation pursuant to section 52(a) of the California Civil Code, however, Plaintiff expressly limit 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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