Plaintiff
- Name: Rusty Rendon
- Filing date: September 1, 2020
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: LD Vision Group Inc.
- Website: www.opticontacts.com
- Industry: Medical
- Summary: LD Vision Group Inc. is a rapidly growing online retailer of contact lenses and eyeglasses.
Case Summary
On September 1, 2020, Rusty Rendon filed a Complaint in California State court against LD Vision Group Inc. . Plaintiff Rusty Rendon alleges that www.opticontacts.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
- Empty headings
- Empty buttons
- Empty links which present a problem because a link contains no text.
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 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 Website, https://www.opticontacts.com/, readily accessible to and usable by visually-impaired individuals; but Plaintiff hereby expressly limits 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, 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 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
- For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
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