Plaintiff
- Name: Rebecca Castillo
- Filing date: February 26, 2019
- State of filing: California
Defendant
- Name: Wolf & Shepherd, LLC
- Website: www.wolfandshepherd.com
- Industry: Automobile
- Summary: Wolf & Shepherd LLC sells men's shoes and accessories at brick and mortar retail stores as well as via its website.
Case Summary
On February 26, 2019, Rebecca Castillo filed a Complaint in California State court against Wolf & Shepherd, LLC. Plaintiff Rebecca Castillo alleges that www.wolfandshepherd.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:
- The home page has graphics, links, and buttons that are not labeled or are incorrectly labeled, or lack alternative text ("Alt-text"). Alt-text is invisible code embedded beneath a graphical image on a website. Web accessibility requires that Alt-text be coded with each picture so that screen-reading software can speak the Alt-text where a sighted user sees pictures. Alt-text does not change the visual presentation, but instead a text box shows when the cursor moves over the picture. The lack ofAlt-text on these graphics prevents screen readers from accurately vocalizing a description of the graphics.
- Plaintiff encountered multiple unlabeled or mislabeled buttons and links. Without descriptive alternate text, Plaintiffs, and other screen reader users, have no clue about the purpose or function of the button or link;
- Plaintiff encountered multiple pages containing unlabeled graphics, links, and buttons while navigating the Website;
- Plaintiff encountered multiple pages containing insufficient navigational headings requiring Plaintiff to expend substantial additional time to access information;
- Plaintiff was unable to browse products because product sizes and color descriptions were inaccessible to screen reading technology;
- Plaintiff was unable to make a purchase because of an inaccessible checkout system.
Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:
Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code Section 51 et seq.
Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:
- A Declaratory Judgment that at the commencement of this 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 Section 51, et seq.