Plaintiff
- Name: Luis Licea
- Filing date: September 8, 2020
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Decoart, Inc.
- Website: www.decoart.com
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Summary: DecoArt is a manufacturer, marketer and supplier of acrylic paints and craft supplies.
Case Summary
On September 8, 2020, Luis Licea filed a Complaint in California State court against Decoart, Inc. . Plaintiff Luis Licea alleges that www.decoart.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Missing alternative text which presents a problem because an image without alternative text results in an empty link.
- Linked image missing alternative text which presents a problem because an image without alternative text results in an empty link.
- Document language missing, which presents a problem because the language of the document is not identified.
- Empty links which present a problem because a link contains no text.
- Empty buttons, which present a problem because a button is empty or has no value text.
- Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address which results in additional navigation and repetition for keyboard and screen reader users
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, https://decoart.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 $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
- For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.