Delgadillo v. Anna Sui Corp.
Filed
Case details
- Defendant’s website
Summary
On May 2, 2019, Desmond Delgadillo filed a Complaint in New York Federal court against Anna Sui Corp. . Plaintiff Desmond Delgadillo alleges that www.annasui.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).
About the defendant
Anna Sui Corp. manufactures womens and misses blouses and shirts.
What the complaint says
The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.
- Unlabeled buttons and links prevented Plaintiff from navigating the website.
- Plaintiff also found at least one cursor trap
- Plaintiff was unable to browse products because product links and descriptions were inaccessible to screen reading technology.
- Plaintiff was unable to make a purchase because of an inaccessible checkout system.
Legal claims
The laws the plaintiff says the defendant broke, called causes of action.
- Violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code §51 et seq
What the plaintiff asks for
What the plaintiff wants the court to order.
- A preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining Defendant from violating the UCRA, Civil Code § 51 et seq, with respect to its website
- A preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make its website readily accessible to and usable by blind and visuallyimpaired individuals
- An award of statutory minimum damages of $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, pursuant to California Civil Code § 52(a)
- For prejudgment interest to the extent permitted by law
- For costs of suit
- For such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper.