Plaintiff
- Name: Perla Mageno
- Filing date: January 30, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Tahoe Joe's, Inc.
- Website: www.tahoehoes.com
- Industry: Consumer Goods
- Summary: Tahoe Joe's is a steakhouse / restaurant.
Case Summary
On January 30, 2019, Perla Mageno filed a Complaint in California State court against Tahoe Joe's, Inc. . Plaintiff Perla Mageno alleges that www.tahoehoes.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0, Section 508 accessibility standard(s).
Case Details
Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:
- Home has graphics, links, and buttons that are not labeled or are incorrectly labeled, or lack alternative text ("Alt-text")
- Multiple unlabeled or mislabeled buttons and links.
- Multiple pages containing insufficient navigational headings
- Locations link was inaccessible to screen reading technology
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
- VIOLATIONOF THE UNRLH CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE 8 51 et seq
Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:
- A Declaratory Judgment that at the commencement ofthis action Defendant owns, maintains, and/or operates its Website in a manner which discriminates against the blind, fails to provide access to blind or visually-impaired individuals. and that Defendant took no action that was reasonably calculated to ensure that its Website is fully accessible to, and independently usable by blind and visually impaired individuals in violation of California's Unruh Act, California Civil Code II 51, et seq;
- A preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining Defendant from further violations ofthe UCRA, Civil Code 51 et seq. with respect to its website "tahoejoes.com"
- A preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make tahoejoes.corn readily accessible to and usable by blind and visually-impaired individuals but Plaintiff hereby expressly limits the injunctive relief to require that Defendant expend no more than $ 50,000 thereon;
- An award of statutory minimum statutory damages of not less than $4,000 per violation pursuant to 52(a) of the California Civil Code;
- An additional award of $4,000.00 as deterrence damages for each violation pursuant to Johnson v. Guedoir, 218 F. Supp. 3d 1096; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150740 (USDC Cal, E.D. 2016);
- For attorneys' fees and expenses pursuant to all applicable laws including, without limitation, Civil Code 52(a)
- For pre-judgment interest to the extent permitted by law;
- For costs of suit; and
- For such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.