Plaintiff
- Name: Cheryl Thurston
- Filing date: December 28, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Saison Hospitality LLC
- Website: www.anglerrestaurants.com/
- Industry: Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure
- Summary: Saison Hospitality owns and operates two, high-end Angler seafood restaurants in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Case Summary
On December 28, 2019, Cheryl Thurston filed a Complaint in California State court against Saison Hospitality LLC. Plaintiff Cheryl Thurston alleges that www.anglerrestaurants.com/ is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Empty links that contain no text;
- Missing Alternative Text (“alt-text”), or a text equivalent.
- Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address;
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 Websites readily accessible to and usable by visually-impaired individuals, but Plaintiff hereby expressly limit the injunctive relief to require the Defendant expend no more than $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 limit 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.