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Rusty Rendon v. Stitch Industries Inc.

Filed

Case details

Summary

On September 8, 2020, Rusty Rendon filed a Complaint in California State court against Stitch Industries Inc. . Plaintiff Rusty Rendon alleges that www.joybird.com is not accessible per the WCAG 2.0 accessibility standard(s).

About the defendant

Stitch Industries Inc. produces and distributes household furniture products.

What the complaint says

The problems the plaintiff describes with the website.

  • Empty or missing form labels
  • Empty buttons, which present a problem because a button is empty or has no value text.
  • Empty links which present a problem because a link contains no text.
  • Document language missing, which presents a problem because the language of the document is not identified.
  • Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address 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.

  • 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 a preliminary and permanent injunction requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make the Website, https://joybird.com/, readily accessible to and usable by visuallyimpaired individuals; but Plaintiff hereby expressly limits the injunctive relief to require that Defendant 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 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.