Plaintiff
- Name: Odell Hale, III
- Filing date: December 26, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: K and L Hardware
- Website: www.acehardware.com/store-details/06045
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Summary: K and L Hardware owns and operates an Ace Hardware franchise in San Bernadino, California.
Case Summary
On December 26, 2019, Odell Hale, III filed a Complaint in California State court against K and L Hardware. Plaintiff Odell Hale, III alleges that www.acehardware.com/store-details/06045 is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- A proper text equivalent for every non-text element is not provided;
- Does not provide appropriate alternative text that presents the content of the image and or the function of the link.
- Information about the meaning and structure of content is not conveyed by more than the visual presentation of content.
- All functionality ofthe content of the website is not operable through a keyboard interface requiring specific timings for individual keystrokes.
- Navigation ofthe website is not consistent across the website A mechanism is no always available to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on multiple web pages.
- Plaintiff has performed a detailed inv stigation and Plaintiffalleges under information and belief that the website lacks titles that describe their topic or purpose.
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12181 et seq.
Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:
- A minimum of $4,000 in statutory damages.
- Attorneys' fees and costs
- Such other and further relief as to the Court seems just and proper.