LOS ANGELES -- A blind man is suing a website for allegedly not making the site accessible to those visually impaired.
Luis Licea filed a complaint on May 25 in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles against Rugs.com, LLC, a South Carolina corporation and Does 1-10 for violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, California Civil Code 51. The case has been removed to Los Angeles federal court.
According to the complaint, Licea is a blind man who requires screen reading software to read website content and access the internet. Licea alleges that Rugs.com contains numerous access barriers that prevent a person of visual impairment to access and navigate the website contents. Licea alleges that this violates full and equal access of the website and products or services offered and therefore a violation of Licea's right under California's Unruh Civil Rights Act.
Licea is represented by Scott J. Ferrell of Pacific Trial Attorneys, APC.
Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles case number 2:21-cv-05308-AB-GJS