Plaintiff
- Name: Luis Licea Abelardo Martinez Jr.
- Filing date: September 24, 2020
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Sweet Maria's Coffee Inc.
- Website: www.sweetmarias.com
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Summary: Sweet Maria's is a supplier of green coffee and home coffee roasting machines.
Case Summary
On September 24, 2020, Luis Licea Abelardo Martinez Jr. filed a Complaint in California State court against Sweet Maria's Coffee Inc. . Plaintiff Luis Licea Abelardo Martinez Jr. alleges that www.sweetmarias.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
- Linked image missing alternative text
- Empty or missing form labels
- Broken ARIA references
- Multiple form labels
- Empty links
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
- Violations of the 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 Plaintiffs’ 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, https://www.sweetmarias.com/, readily accessible to and usable by visually-impaired individuals; but Plaintiffs hereby expressly limit 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, Plaintiffs 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, Plaintiffs 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 pre-judgment interest to the extent permitted by law
- For costs of suit
- For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
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