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LITIGATION ADVOCACY GROUP
at Westlake Park Place
Glenn A. Murphy (SBN: 255994)
2945 Townsgate Road, Suite 200
Westlake Village, California 91361
Tel. (310) 743-6438
Attorneys for Plaintiffs Aretha Dennis, e¢ al.
CELIA W. LEE, State Bar# 172981
clee@goldfarblipman.com
RYE P. MURPHY, State Bar #289427
murphy@goldfarblipman.com
GOLDFARB.& LIPMAN LLP
1300 Clay Street, Eleventh Floor
City Center Plaza
Oakland, California 94612
Telephone: (510) 836-6336
Facsimile: (510) 836-1035
FI. LE] Court
FEB 18 2020
CLERK F THE COURT
- puty Clerk
Attorneys for Defendant BRIDGE Property Management Company
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO
ARNETHA DENNIS, ASIA DENNIS and
ROBYN DENNIS,
Plaintiffs,
v.
BRIDGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
COMPANY, and DOES 1 through 10,
Defendants:
NS SS SS HS SES SD
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Case No. CGC-19-574516
Assigned for all purposes to the
Hon. Anne-Christine Massullo,
Complex Litigation Dept. 304
STIPULATION FOR
CONSOLIDATION OF CASES;
{PROPOSED] ORDER
CONSOLIDATING CASES
Date: February 13, 2020
Time: 9:15 a.m.
Dept.: 304
Complaint Filed: March 14, 2019
Trial Date: Vacated
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© STIPULATION FOR CONSOLIDATION OF CASES
WHEREAS, the Plaintiffs in the 28 cases listed in the Addendum attached herewith
("Plaintiffs") have filed individual actions against Defendant BRIDGE Property Management
Company. (*BPMC") alleging that BPMC willfully violated mandatory requirements of the
Irivestigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) by intentionally using legally non-
compliant applications, failing to inform Plaintiffs of investigations to be conducted about them
and intentionally failing to furnish prospective tenants with copies of investigative reports about
them for leases at residential properties BPMC manages;
WHEREAS, each case also asserts claims of unfair business practices under California's
Unfair Competition Law based on the same underlying conduct;
WHEREAS, six of the 28 cases, involving a total of seven plaintiffs, make additional
allegations that BPMC improperly entered their homes and assert causes of action for invasion off
privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress: The cases asserting tort causes of action
are Valencia (CGC-19-578411), Morales (CGC-19-578649), Hernandez (CGC-19-578460),
Santana (CGC-19-578413), Valenzuela (CGC-19-578459), and Bernuy (CGC-19-579278) ("the
Tort Actions");
WHEREAS, on October 4, 2019, Defendant filed a motion to consolidate the cases and
the motion has been fully briefed;
WHEREAS, all of the cases listed in the Addendum were subsequently designated
complex by the Court and singly assigned to the Complex Litigation Department in Department
304;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Court's order, the parties provided an updated summary of
their positions on consolidation in a joint statement filed on January 30, 2020, and the parties are
in agreement on the manner in which the cases should be consolidated and therefore stipulate to
consolidation as set forth in this stipulation;
WHEREAS, Code of Civil Procedure section 1048 authorizes the court to issue orders
consolidating the cases as well as order "joint hearing or trial of any or all the matters in issue in
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the actions." (Subd. (a).) Code of Civil Procedure section 1048(b) permits the court to "order a
separate trial of any cause‘of action ... or of any separate issue or of any number of causes of
action or issues, preserving the right of trial by jury required by the Constitution or a statute of
this state or of the United States;"
THEREFORE, all Plaintiffs in the 28 cases listed on the Addendum and BPMC, through
their respective counsel, hereby STIPULATE AND AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
1.
All of the ICRAA and UCL causes of action involve sufficiently common facts such
that joining all 28 cases together for pre-trial and trial purposes is appropriate. A joint
trial of the cases on the ICRAA and UCL causes of action would be a fair and efficient
way to resolve the disputes. This is permitted under Code of Civil Procedure section
1048(a).
The Tort Actions implicate individualized facts and the factual differences between
each of the plaintiffs' invasion of privacy and IIED claims predominate the similarities.
These Tort Actions should still be consolidated with the remainder of the 28 cases for
pre-trial purposes to minimize duplication and allow for the coordinated scheduling of
any depositions. However, the Tort Actions should not be tried jointly. Rather,
separate trials for each of the Tort Actions is appropriate to resolve their other causes
of action.
A separate judgment should be entered for each matter.
Thus, the parties HEREBY STIPULATE to consolidation of all of the cases listed in
the Addendum for pre-trial purposes, a joint trial of all of the cases on the ICRAA and
UCL claims, and the holding of individual trials for the Tort Actions to resolve the
causes of action alleged therein.
SO STIPULATED.
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DATED: February 12, 2020
DATED: February 12, 2020
LITIGATION ADVOCACY GROUP
sy Maw L. Maly
"GLENN A. MURPH
Attorneys for Plaintiffs
GOLDFARB & LIP.
By:
CELIA W. LEE
RYE P. MURPHY
Attorneys for Defendant
BRIDGE Property Management Company
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ORDER
Based on the parties' stipulation and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED
AS FOLLOWS:
1. All 28 cases listed in the Addendum are consolidated for all pre-trial purposes.
4. A separate judgment shall issue for each of the cases listed in the Addendum.
5. The lead case in the matter shall be Arnetha Dennis, et al. v. BRIDGE Property
Management Company, San Francisco Superior Court case number CGC-19-574516. A copy
of this Order shall be filed in each of the actions listed in the Addendum, but all other pleadings
shall be filed only in case number CGC- 19-5745 16, and shall be éntitled "ARNETHA
DENNIS, ASIA DENNIS and ROBYN DENNIS, Plaintiffs v. BRIDGE PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT COMPANY, and DOES 1] through 10, Defendants; and Related Actions."
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February /4 2020
By: (Le: Jim ~——
HON. ANNE-CHRISTINE MASSULLO
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
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LIST OF CASES TO BE CONSOLIDATED
Plaintiff(s)
Case-No. & Cause(s) of Action
Date Filed
Arnetha Dennis, Asia Dennis and
Robyn Dennis
CGC-19-574516
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
3/14/19
Debra McLaren and Jared McLaren
CGC-19-575148
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
AI8/19
Ruben Verdin and Alexandra
CGC-19-575179
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
40/9
Brandi Eichhorn and Jon Eichhorn
CGC-19-575257
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
4/12/19
Gina Martinez
CGC-19-575550
| 2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
4/26/19
Lashandra Moore
CGC-19-575552
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200 .
4/26/19
Brianna Roussell
CGC-19-575551
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
4/26/19
Noraleana Burke
CGC-19-575602
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
4/29/19
Manuel Godoy and Bryan Godoy
CGC-19-575603p
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
4/29/19
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f Action:
| Case No. & Cause(s) «
| Date Filed
Katherine Irvin and Starr Irvin
CGC-19-575604
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
4/29/19
Paul Betekong and Henrietta Epie
CGC-19-575692
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
5/2/19
_Kristine Cordero
CGC-19-575691
2 C/A: ICRAA and Bus. & Prof.
Code §17200
5/2/19
George Reynoso
CGC-19-575740
1 C/A for ICRAA
5/6/19
Anthony Rocha
CGC-19-575829
1 C/A for ICRAA
5/8/19
Mario Gonzalez and Herlinda
Navarrette
“CGC-19-576179
3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief
5/21/19
; Tyrica Lewis
CGC-19-576177
3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
” §17200, Decl. Relief
5/21/19
Lorraine Tarin and Nathaniel Villa
CGC-19-576178
3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief
5/21/19
Gloria Trujillo
CGC-19-576176
3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief
“5/21/19
Marina Valencia and Collin
McCraw Valencia
CGC-19-578411
5 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief, Invasion of
Privacy ("IOP"), Intentional
Infliction of Emotional Distress
("HED")
8/14/19
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~ | Case No: & Cause(s) of Action’
‘Date Filed
Jacqueline Santana
CGC-19-578413 ©.
“5 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof, Code
§17200, Decl. Relief, IOP; ITED
8/15/19
Carmen Valenzuela
CGC-19-578459
5 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief, IOP; IED
8/15/19
Madalena Hernandez
CGC-19-578460
5 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief, IOP; IED
8/16/19
Martha Garcia
CGC-19-578606
3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief
8/21/19
Manuel Carrillo and Marisa
Hernandez
CGC-19-578590
3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
"§17200, Decl. Relief
8/21/19
Lorraine Morales
CGC-19-578649
4 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief, JOP
8/22/19
Lori Valdez and Andrea Valdez
CGC-19-579044
3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief
SISO
Ronald Bernuy
CGC-19-579278
4 C/A: ICRAA, Bus. & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief, IOP
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Christopher Soto, Shanetta Worrell,
Yvette Virgen, Cynthia Zaldivar,
Alyssa Gomez, Jacqueline Castillo,
Oscar Castillo, and Guillermina
Castillo
CGC-19-580887
3 C/A: ICRAA, Bus, & Prof. Code
§17200, Decl. Relief
11/19/19
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