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Dustin Youngren v. Coffee Bean Direct, LLC

Filed

Case details

Standards cited
WCAG 2.2

Summary

According to the complaint, Dustin Youngren, a visually impaired individual, is suing Coffee Bean Direct, LLC for failing to make their website, Coffeebeandirect.com, accessible to blind users. Youngren alleges that the website contains significant barriers that prevent him and others with visual impairments from completing transactions. The complaint cites violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and seeks a permanent injunction to require the defendant to make necessary changes to the website to ensure accessibility. Youngren claims that without these changes, he and others will continue to be denied equal access to the goods and services offered online.

About the defendant

Coffee Bean Direct provides a wide array of roasted coffee, unroasted green coffee beans, and loose-leaf teas for online purchase.

What the complaint says

The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.

  • Defendant's website is not accessible to visually impaired persons.
  • Plaintiff encountered numerous accessibility barriers preventing him from completing a purchase.
  • Defendant has failed to make reasonable modifications to ensure accessibility.

Legal claims

The laws the plaintiff says the defendant broke, called causes of action.

  • Violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

What the plaintiff asks for

What the plaintiff wants the court to order.

  • A preliminary and permanent injunction to prohibit Defendant from violating the ADA.
  • An injunction requiring Defendant to make the website compliant with the ADA.
  • A declaration that Defendant’s website discriminates against visually impaired individuals.
  • Certification of this case as a class action.

Proposed class

The group of people the plaintiff asks to represent, so the case can cover them too.

all legally blind individuals in the United States who have attempted to access Coffeebeandirect.com and as a result have been denied access to the enjoyment of goods and services offered by Coffeebeandirect.com, during the relevant statutory period.