Plaintiff
- Name: Perla Mageno
- Filing date: October 30, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: The Hazeltine Group, LLC
- Website: www.thelocalpeasant.com/
- Industry: Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure
- Summary: The Hazeltine Group, LLC owns and operates The Local Peasant, an American restaurant in Southern California.
Case Summary
On October 30, 2019, Perla Mageno filed a Complaint in California State court against The Hazeltine Group, LLC. Plaintiff Perla Mageno alleges that www.thelocalpeasant.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:
- Home page has graphics, links, and buttons that are not labeled or are incorrectly labeled, or lack alternative text
- Multiple unlabeled or mislabeled buttons and links
- Multiple pages containing unlabeled graphics, links, and buttons
- Multiple pages containing insufficient navigational headings requiring Plaintiff to expend substantial additional time to access information
- Plaintiff encountered an inaccessible slideshow when attempting to access the Website requiring Plaintiff to expend substantial additional time to access information
- Plaintiff was unable to make a purchase because of an inaccessible checkout system
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:
- A Declaratory Judgment that at the commencement ofthis 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 further violations of the UCRA, Civil Code § 51 et seq. with respect to its website "thelocalpeasant.com"
- A preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make thelocalpeasant.com readily accessible to and usable by blind and visually-impaired individuals but Plaintiff hereby expressly limits the injunctive relief to require that Defendant expend no more than $50,000 thereon
- An award of statutory minimum statutory damages of not less than $4,000 per violation pursuant to § 52(a) ofthe 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, Civil Code § 52(a)
- For pre-judgment interest to the extent permitted by law
- For costs of suit
- For such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper
