Plaintiff
- Name: Luis Licea
- Filing date: July 26, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Ralph Lauren Media LLC
- Website: www.ralphlauren.com
- Industry: Apparel
- Summary: Ralph Lauren is an American fashion company producing products ranging from luxury to mid-range.
Case Summary
On July 26, 2019, Luis Licea filed a Complaint in California State court against Ralph Lauren Media LLC. Plaintiff Luis Licea alleges that www.ralphlauren.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.
- Empty or missing form labels
- 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
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 preliminary and permanent injunctive relief pursuant to the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code § 51 et seq. requiring Defendant to do the following, with Plaintiff hereby expressly limiting the cost of injunctive relief to require that Defendant expend no more than $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
- For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper