Judge: Douglas W. Stern, Case: 21STCV28667, Date: 2022-08-26 Tentative Ruling

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Case Number: 21STCV28667    Hearing Date: August 26, 2022    Dept: 52

Tentative Ruling:

Defendant Guard-Systems, Inc.’s Notice of Related Case

            Defendant Guard-Systems, Inc. filed a notice of related case for this case and Ricardo Lopez v. Guard-Systems, Inc., No. 22STCV02112.  Cases are related if they “[a]rise from the same or substantially identical transactions, incidents, or events requiring the determination of the same or substantially identical questions of law or fact.”  (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 3.300(a)(2).)

            The two cases are related.  Both include a cause of action for civil penalties under the Private Attorneys General Act.  (Lab. Code, § 2698, et seq.)  The two actions include overlapping groups of aggrieved employees.  Both actions arise from the same events, defendant’s employment practices and working conditions for its non-exempt employees.

The court finds the cases are related.  Ricardo Lopez v. Guard-Systems, Inc., No. 22STCV02112 is hereby reassigned to Department 52 at Stanley Mosk Courthouse.