Opposition Objections

Cal. Super. - 6th Dist.July 2, 2018

2 3 4 Larry W. Lee (State Bar No. 228175) DIVERSITY LAW GROUP, P.C. 515 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1250 Los Angeles, California 90071 (213) 488-6555 (213) 488-6554 facsimile 5 WILLIAM L. MARDER, ESQ. (CBN 170131) Polaris Law Group LLP 6 501 San Benito Street, Suite 200 7 Hollister, CA 95023 Tel: (831) 531-4214 8 Fax: (831) 634-0333 9 Attorneys for Plaintiff and the Aggrieved Employees 10 (Additional Plaintiffs Counsel on Next Page) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA ALIVIA STRICKLIN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, vs. SECURITY INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS, INC., a California corporation; and DOES 1 through 50, inclusive, Defendants. Case No.: 18CV330523 Assignedfor All Purposes to Honorable Brian C. Walsh in Department J PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION Date: April 19, 2019 Time: 10:00 A.M. Dept.: 1 22 I t------------------' 23 24 25 26 27 28 PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION Electronically Filed by Superior Court of CA, County of Santa Clara, on 2/21/2019 10:36 AM Reviewed By: R. Walker Case #18CV330523 Envelope: 2537194 18CV330523 Santa Clara - Civil Dennis S. Hyun (State Bar No. 224240) HYUN LEGAL, APC 2 515 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1250 Los Angeles, California 90071 (213) 488-6555 3 4 (213) 488-6554 facsimile 5 Edward W. Choi, Esq. SBN 211334 6 7 LA W OFFICES OF CHOI & ASSOCIATES 515 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1250 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Telephone: (213) 381-1515 8 Facsimile: (213) 465-4885 Email: edward.choi@choiandassociates.com 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION Defendant Security Industry Specialists, Inc. 's {"Defendant"} Motion to Compel 2 Arbitration is based solely on Plaintiff ALIVIA STRICKLIN {"Plaintiff')'s claim for unpaid 3 wages based on Labor Code §558. Plaintiff filed her First Amended Complaint on February 20, 4 2019 which eliminates her request for PAGA penalties under Labor Code §558. Thus, the action 5 is now only for PAGA penalties and no longer subject to the ruling in Esparza v. KS Industries, 6 LP, 13 Cal. App. 5th 1228 (2017). While Plaintiff was seeking only penalties under Labor Code 7 § 558, which provides that for each initial violation, aggrieved employees are entitled to $50 and 8 $100 for each subsequent violation of underpayment, Plaintiff has removed all reference to 9 Labor Code § 558 to remove any doubt that this action is for only penalties pursuant to the 10 PAGA. Accordingly, Defendant's Motion to Compel must be denied pursuant to the Supreme I I Court's decision in Iskanian v. CLS Transportation Los Angeles, LLC, 59 Ca1.4th 348 (2014), 12 given that Plaintiffs First Amended Complaint expressly seeks only penalties on behalf of 13 aggrieved employees and the State of California and, therefore, is not subject to arbitration. 14 Nonetheless, to the extent the Esparza holding is overturned by the California Supreme 15 Court, Plaintiff reserves the right to amend her complaint and re-assert the Labor Code §558 16 claims. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Dated: February 21, 2019 LA W OFFICES OF CHOI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. By: Edward W. Choi Attorneys for Plaintiff 3 PLAINTIFF'S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION PROOF OF SERVICE PROOF OF SERVICE I am employed in the County of Los Angeles; I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within action; my business address is 515 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1250, Los Angeles, California 90071. On February 21, 2019, I served the foregoing document(s) described as: PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO COMPEL ARBITRATION, on the interested parties in this action by placing a true copy thereof, in a sealed envelope(s) addressed as follows: Larry W. Lee, Esq. Diversity Law Group 515 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1250 Los Angeles, CA 90071 William L. Marder Polaris Law Group LLP 501 San Benito Street, Suite 200 Hollister, CA 95023 Dennis S. Hyun HYUN LEGAL, APC 515 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1250 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Todd K. Boyer Baker McKenzie LLP 660 Hansen Way Palo Alto, CA 94304 Michael G. Leggieri Caroline Pham Baker & McKenzie LLP Two Embarcadero Center, 11th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 __X__ BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE I caused such document to be uploaded to Odyssey to be served on the offices of the addressees. ___x___ (State) I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. ______ (Federal) I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, and that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this Court at whose direction the service was made. Executed on February 21, 2019, at Los Angeles, California. ______________________________ Cina Kim Electronically filed by Superior Court of CA, County of Santa Clara, on 2/21/2019 10:36 AM Reviewed By:R. Walker Case #18CV330523 Env #2537194