Plaintiff
- Name: Abelardo Martinez, Jr.
- Filing date: March 26, 2020
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Oscar De La Renta, LLC
- Website: www.oscardelarenta.com
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Summary: Oscar De La Renta LLC is a luxary goods firm. The company specializes in women's accessories, bridal, home products, childrenswear and beauty
Case Summary
On March 26, 2020, Abelardo Martinez, Jr. filed a Complaint in California State court against Oscar De La Renta, LLC. Plaintiff Abelardo Martinez, Jr. alleges that www.oscardelarenta.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Linked image missing alternative text which presents a problem because an image without alternative text results in an empty link.
- Empty links that contain no text causing the function or purpose of the link to not be presented to the user.
- Empty headings, which present a problem because a heading contains no content.
- Empty buttons, which present a problem because a button is empty or has no value 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, http://www.oscardelarenta.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.