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Jennifer Carbine v. Ekka Cookie Connection LLC

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Case details

Summary

On September 30, 2019, Jennifer Carbine filed a Complaint in California State court against Ekka Cookie Connections LLC . Plaintiff Jennifer Carbine alleges that www.campitellicookiesanaheim.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0, Section 508 accessibility standard(s).

About the defendant

Ekka Cookie Connections LLC operated Campitelli Cookies & Sandiwches, a cookie retailer and specilaty cafe.

What the complaint says

The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.

  • The home page has graphics, links, and buttons that are not labeled or are incorrectly labeled, or lack alternative text ("Alt-text").
  • Plaintiff encountered multiple unlabeled or mislabeled buttons and links
  • Plaintiff encountered multiple pages containing insufficient navigational headings requiring Plaintiff to expend substantial additional time to access information
  • Plaintiff was unable to browse the menu because menu links and descriptions were inaccessible to screen reading technology

Legal claims

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

  • Violation of Unruh Civil Rights Act (California Civil Code §§ 51, et seq.)

What the plaintiff asks for

What the plaintiff wants the court to order.

  • 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 visuallv-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 51, et seq
  • A preliminary and permanent injunction enjoining Defendant from further violations ofthe UCRA, Civil Code ) 51 et seq. with respect to "www.campitellicookiesanaheim.com."
  • A preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make www.campitellicookiesanaheim.com readily accessible to and usable by blind and visually-impaired individuals but Plaintiff hereby expressly limits the injunctive reliefto 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) ofthe 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
  • For such other and further relief as this Court deems just and proper