REBECCA CASTILLO v. CASA LINDA FURNITURE, INC.

    Plaintiff

    • Name: Rebecca Castillo
    • Filing date: January 30, 2019
    • State of filing: California

    Defendant

    • Name: Casa Linda Furniture, Inc.
    • Website: www.furniturecasalinda.com
    • Industry: Consumer Goods
    • Summary: Casa Linda Furniture is a family-owned retail furniture store.

    Case Summary

    On January 30, 2019, Rebecca Castillo filed a Complaint in California State court against Casa Linda Furniture, Inc. . Plaintiff Rebecca Castillo alleges that www.furniturecasalinda.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 access the checkout screen because the website's cart function was inacessible to screen reading technology 
    • Plaintiff was unable to make a purchase 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 20 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 "www.furniturecasalinda.com."
    • A preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make www.furniturecasalinda.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) 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, 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

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