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BEGG v. PLANET BEAUTY INC.

Filed May 8, 2020

Plaintiff

  • Name: Bruce Begg
  • Filing date: May 8, 2020
  • State of filing: California

Defendant

  • Name: Planet Beauty, Inc.
  • Website: www.planetbeauty.com
  • Industry: Beauty
  • Summary: Planet Beauty is a privately owned, upscale beauty retailer

Case Summary

On May 8, 2020, Bruce Begg filed a Complaint in California Federal court against Planet Beauty, Inc. . Plaintiff Bruce Begg alleges that www.planetbeauty.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.1 accessibility standard(s).

Case Details

Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:

  • Many features on the Website lacks alt. text
  • Many features on the Website also fail to Add a label element or title attribute for each field.
  • Many pages on the Website also contain the same title elements.
  • The Website also contained a host of broken links
  • The Website does not provide a text equivalent for every non-text element
  • The purpose of each link cannot be determined from the link text alone or from the link text and its programmatically determined link context
  • Web pages lack titles that describe their topic or purpose
  • Headings and labels do not describe topic or purpose
  • Keyboard user interfaces lack a mode of operation where the keyboard focus indicator is visible
  • The default human language of each web page cannot be programmatically determined
  • The human language of each passage or phrase in the content cannot be programmatically determined

Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:

  • Violations of the ADA, 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq.
  • Violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code § 51 et seq.
  • Declaratory Relief

Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:

  • A Declaratory Judgment that at the commencement of this action PLANET BEAUTY, INC. was in violation of the specific requirements of Title III of the ADA described above, and the relevant implementing regulations of the ADA, in that PLANET BEAUTY, INC. took no action that was reasonably calculated to ensure that its Website is fully accessible to, and independently usable by, individuals with visual disabilities
  • A preliminary and permanent injunction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 12188(a)(1) and (2) and section 52.1 of the California Civil Code enjoining Defendant from violating the Unruh Civil Rights Act and ADA and requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make https://www.planetbeauty.com readily accessible to and usable by visually-impaired individuals; An award of costs and expenses of this action
  • An award of statutory minimum damages of $4,000 per offense per person pursuant to section 52(a) of the California Civil Code.
  • For attorneys’ fees and expenses pursuant to California Civil Code §§ 52(a), 52.1(h), and 42 U.S.C. § 12205; An order certifying the Class under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a) & (b)(2) and/or (b)(3), appointing Plaintiff as Class Representative, and his attorneys as Class Counsel
  • Such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.

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