Plaintiff
- Name: Brittney Mejico
- Filing date: July 11, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Houzz Inc. Houzz Shop LLC
- Website: www.houzz.com
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Summary: Houzz is an American website and online community about architecture, interior design and decorating, landscape design and home improvement.
Case Summary
On July 11, 2019, Brittney Mejico filed a Complaint in California State court against Houzz Inc. Houzz Shop LLC. Plaintiff Brittney Mejico alleges that www.houzz.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Numerous items are not readable by screen readers
- Numerous items where the touch targets, or the tappable areas that define links on mobile devices, do not have a high enough dp (display picture)
- Numerous items whos text contrast ratios prevents visually impaired from having appropriate access to the App screens
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 Houzz mobile application, readily accessible to and usable by visually-impaired individuals; but Plaintiff hereby expressly limits the injunctive relief to require that Defendant expend no more $74,999 total, inclusive of statutory damages, attorneys’ fees and costs, and 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; and
- For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.