Plaintiff
- Name: Brittney Mejico
- Filing date: December 4, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Rent A Center Inc.
- Website: www.rentacenter.com
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Summary: Rent A Center is a rent-to-own company, selling consumers furniture, appliances, and electronics on installment plans.
Case Summary
On December 4, 2019, Brittney Mejico filed a Complaint in California State court against Rent A Center Inc.. Plaintiff Brittney Mejico alleges that www.rentacenter.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Multiple form labels, which presents a problem because a form control should have at most one associated label element.
- Broken ARIA references.
- Linked image missing alternative text which presents a problem because an image without alternative text
results in an empty link.
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
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, 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; and
- For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.