Plaintiff
- Name: Brittney Mejico
- Filing date: May 1, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: The Oneida Group Inc.
- Website: www.oneida.com
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Summary: The Oneida Group is a leading global marketer of tabletop and food preparation products for the consumer and foodservice markets.
Case Summary
On May 1, 2019, Brittney Mejico filed a Complaint in California State court against The Oneida Group Inc. . Plaintiff Brittney Mejico alleges that www.oneida.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address which results in additional navigation and repetition for keyboard and screen reader users.
- Missing alternative text which pi-esents a problem because an image witlhout alternative text results in an empty link
- Empty or missing form labels
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, freemanbeauty.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 $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.