Plaintiff
- Name: Luis Licea
- Filing date: April 22, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: MakeUp Eraser LLC
- Website: www.makeuperaser.com
- Industry: Beauty
- Summary: MakeUp Eraser is a makeup removal product.
Case Summary
On April 22, 2019, Luis Licea filed a Complaint in California State court against MakeUp Eraser LLC. Plaintiff Luis Licea alleges that www.makeuperaser.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
- Empty links that contain no text causing the function or purpose of the link to not be presented to the user
- 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, www.makeuperaser.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