Martinez v. Signal Path International, LLC
Filed
Case details
- Defendant’s website
Summary
On December 26, 2019, Abelardo Martinez, Jr. filed a Complaint in California Federal court against Signal Path International, LLC. Plaintiff Abelardo Martinez, Jr. alleges that www.peachtreeaudio.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
About the defendant
Signal Path International, LLC owns and operates Peachtree Audio, manufacturing and selling audiophile quality stereo equipment including integrated amplifiers and digital audio converters.
What the complaint says
The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.
- 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 URLaddress which results in additional navigation and repetition for keyboard and screen reader users.
Legal claims
The laws the plaintiff says the defendant broke, called causes of action.
- Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code § 51 et seq.
What the plaintiff asks for
What the plaintiff wants the court to order.
- 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, https://www.peachtreeaudio.com, readily accessible to and usable by visually-impaired individuals; but Plaintiff hereby expressly limits the injunctive relief to require thatDefendant 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 ofrecovery, 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;