{"id":12183,"date":"2021-01-03T05:50:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T05:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.websearchpros.com\/?p=12183"},"modified":"2021-01-03T05:50:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T05:50:31","slug":"cota-v-equinox-holdings-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/2021\/01\/03\/cota-v-equinox-holdings-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"COTA v. EQUINOX HOLDINGS, INC."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"legal_whom\">\n<div class=\"plaintiff_block\">\n<div class=\"plaintiff_content\">\n<h2>Plaintiff<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"legal_ul\">\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Name:<\/span> Julissa Cota<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Filing date:<\/span> December 22, 2020<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">State of filing:<\/span> California<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"defendant_block\">\n<div class=\"defendant_content\">\n<h2>Defendant<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"legal_ul\">\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Name:<\/span> Equinox Holdings, Inc.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Website:<\/span> <a class=\"defendant_website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.equinox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.equinox.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Industry:<\/span> Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"legal_label\">Summary:<\/span> Equinox Holdings, Inc. owns and operates Equinox health clubs offering fitness and exercise programs in person and via its website and app.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legal_summary\">\n<h2>Case Summary<\/h2>\n<p>On December 22, 2020, Julissa Cota filed a Complaint in California Federal court against Equinox Holdings, Inc.. Plaintiff Julissa Cota alleges that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equinox.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.equinox.com<\/a> is not accessible per the WCAG 2.1 accessibility standard(s).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"legal_case_details\">\n<h2>Case Details<\/h2>\n<h3>Plaintiff alleges issues in its Complaint including the following:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"indented-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>Lack of Alternative Text (\u201calt-text\u201d), or a text equivalent.<\/li>\n<li>Empty Links that contain No Text<\/li>\n<li>Redundant Links where adjacent links go to the same URL address<\/li>\n<li>Linked Images missing alt-text<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Plaintiff asserts the following cause(s) of action in its Complaint:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"indented-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>VIOLATIONS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990, 42 U.S.C. \u00a712181<\/li>\n<li>VIOLATIONS OF THE UNRUH CIVIL RIGHTS ACT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Plaintiff seeks the following relief by way of its Complaint:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"indented-text\">\n<ul>\n<li>For an Order certifying the Nationwide Class and California Class as defined herein and appointing Plaintiff and her Counsel to represent the Nationwide Class and the California Class<\/li>\n<li>A preliminary and permanent injunction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 12188(a)(1) and (2) and section 52.1 of the California Civil Code enjoining Defendant from violating the Unruh Civil Rights Act and ADA and requiring Defendant to take the steps necessary to make the website readily accessible to and usable by visually impaired individuals<\/li>\n<li>An award of statutory minimum damages of $4,000 per offense per person pursuant to section 52(a) of the California Civil Code.<\/li>\n<li>For attorneys\u2019 fees and expenses pursuant to California Civil Code \u00a7\u00a7 52(a), 52.1(h), and 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 12205<\/li>\n<li>For pre-judgment interest to the extent permitted by law<\/li>\n<li>For costs of suit<\/li>\n<li>For such other and further relief as the Court deems just and proper.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plaintiff Name: Julissa Cota Filing date: December 22, 2020 State of filing: California Defendant Name: Equinox Holdings, Inc. Website: www.equinox.com Industry: Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure Summary: Equinox Holdings, Inc. owns and operates Equinox health clubs offering fitness and exercise programs in person and via its website and app. Case Summary On December 22, 2020, Julissa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-12183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hotel","category-restaurant-and-leisure","tag-california"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elitewebco.com\/philippines\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}