Luis Licea v. Iherb, LLC

Summary

On May 2, 2019, Luis Licea filed a Complaint in California State court against iHerb, LLC . Plaintiff Luis Licea alleges that www.iherb.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).

About the defendant

iHerb retails nutritional and healthcare products.

What the complaint says

The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.

• Missing alternative text which presents a problem because an image without alternative text results in an empty link.
• Empty or missing form labels
• 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 URL address

Legal claims

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

• Violations 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.

• For a judgment that Defendant violated Plaintiff’s rights under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code § 51 et seq.
• For preliminary and permanent injunctive relief pursuant to the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code § 51 et seq. requiring Defendant to do the following, with Plaintiff hereby expressly limiting the cost of injunctive relief to require that Defendant expend no more than $74,999 total, inclusive of statutory damages, attorneys’ fees and costs, and 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 of recovery, 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
• For costs of suit
• For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper