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1 MORGAN A. STEWART (State Bar No. 209852)
mstewart@manlystewart.com
2 SAUL E. WOLF (State Bar No. 244833)
swolf@manlystewart.com
3 CRISTINA J. NOLAN (State Bar No. 318495)
cnolan@manlystewart.com
4 MANLY STEWART FINALDI
19100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800
5 Irvine, California 92612
Telephone: (949) 252-9990
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7 Attorneys for Plaintiff
8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
9 COUNTY OF ALAMEDA – RENE C. DAVIDSON COURTHOUSE
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JANE BWN DOE, an individual, Case No. 22CV006012
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MANLY STEWART FINALDI
Plaintiff, Assigned for All Purposes to:
12 Judge: Hon. Julie Spain
v.
19100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800
Dept,: 520
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Telephone (949) 252-9990
Irvine, California 92612
DOE 1, a California local public entity; DOE PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO
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inclusive, STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT
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Defendants. [Filed Concurrently with Declaration of
16 Cristina J. Nolan; Request for Judicial Notice]
17 HEARING:
Date: June 17, 2022
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Dept.: 520
19 Reservation No. : A-06012-001
20 Complaint Filed: January, 25, 2022
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TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT JANE BWN DOE (“Plaintiff”), by and through her
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attorney of record, hereby files the instant Opposition to Defendant DOE 1’s Motion to Strike
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Plaintiff’s Complaint for Damages (“Complaint”). Specifically, the present Motion to Strike should
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be denied in its entirety, for the following reasons:
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1. Plaintiff’s specific allegations addressed in Complaint ¶¶ 17-18, 32, 40, 50, 56, 66,
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78, 169, 192, 200, 203, and 204 are relevant and proper;
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PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT DOE 1’s MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT
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2 2. Plaintiff is entitled to treble damages are properly set forth in the Complaint under
3 Civil Code of Procedure § 340.1;
4 3. Plaintiff’s request for attorney’s fees, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure §1021.4
5 (the Private Attorney Generals Act “PAGA”) is proper, as this litigation confers a
6 substantial public benefit; and
7 4. Plaintiff’s request for attorneys’ fees, pursuant to Civil Code §52, is proper.
8 This Opposition is grounded in this Notice, the attached Memorandum of Points and
9 Authorities, the Declaration of Cristina J. Nolan, Esq. concurrently filed herewith, Request for
10 Judicial Notice, the records and files in this action, and upon such further evidence and argument
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MANLY STEWART FINALDI
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19100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800
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Telephone (949) 252-9990
Irvine, California 92612
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SAUL E. WOLF
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Table of Contents
2 I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1
3 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND .................................................................................................... 1
A. THE PLAINTIFF .............................................................................................................. 1
4 B. DOE 1’s ROLE IN DOE 2’s HISTORY OF SEXUAL ABUSE ..................................... 1
5 C. BREACH OF DUTIES OWED TO PLAINTIFF BY DEFENDANT DOE 1................... 2
D. THE DAMAGES SUFFERED BY PLAINTIFF ............................................................... 3
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III. ARGUMENT ......................................................................................................................... 3
7 A. A DEMURRER, NOT A MOTION TO STRIKE, IS THE PROPER VEHICLE TO
TEST THE SUFFICIENCY OF PLAINTIFF’S ALLEGATIONS ................................... 3
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B. A MOTION TO STRIKE ONLY LIES FOR IRRELEVANT, FALSE, OR
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DRAWN IN CONFORMITY WITH LAWS OF THE STATE ...................................... 4
10 C. SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS OF AN EXISTENCE OF A UNITY OF INTEREST
AND/OR ALTER-EGO BETWEEN THE DEFENDANTS ............................................. 4
11 D. TREBLE DAMAGES ARE PROPERLY ASSERTED AGAINST DEFENDANT
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DOE 1 UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE § 818 AND CODE OF CIVIL
12 PROCEDURE § 340.1 ....................................................................................................... 5
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13 1. Government Code § 818 Extends Only to Prohibit Damages Whose Purpose is
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Solely Punitive ............................................................................................................ 5
14 2. Code of Civil Procedure § 340.1 Allows Plaintiff to Seek Treble Damages ......... 8
15 3. The LAUSD and X.M. Decisions Are Not Binding Authority ................................ 10
E. PLAINTIFF’S PRAYER FOR ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER CODE OF CIVIL
16 PROCEDURE §1021.5 IS WELL-FOUNDED, AS HER CASE ADVANCES THE
PARAMOUNT PUBLIC INTEREST OF PREVENTING CHILDHOOD SEXUAL
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F. PLAINTIFF IS ENTITLED TO ATTORNEYS’ FEES PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE
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19 1. Plaintiff Concedes as to Attorney’s Fees Under Civil Code §§ 52.4 and Code of
Civil Procedure §1021.4 ........................................................................................... 11
20 G. IN THE EVENT DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STRIKE, OR ANY PORTION
THEREOF, IS SUSTAINED, PLAINTIFF SHOULD BE ALLOWED AN
21 OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND, IN THE INTERESTS OF JUSTICE ......................... 12
22 IV. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 12
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1 Table of Authorities
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3 Cases
4 (1926) 76 Cal. App. 409 ............................................................................................................. iv, 12
(1946) 29 Cal.2d 34 ...................................................................................................................... iv, 4
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(1966) 240 Cal.App.2d 536 .............................................................................................. iv, 1, 2, 3, 4
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(1971) 5 Cal.3d 885 ...................................................................................................................... iv, 8
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(1976) 16 Cal.3d 46 ...................................................................................................................... iv, 7
8 (1989) 48 Cal.3d 438 .................................................................................................................... iv, 5
(1989) 216 Cal.App.3d 340 ...................................................................................................... iv, 3, 4
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(1991) 53 Cal.3d 139 ............................................................................................................ iv, 5, 6, 7
10 (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 1049 ....................................................................................................... iv, 8
(2004) 123 Cal.App.4th 261 ............................................................................................. iv, 5, 6, 7, 9
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Telephone (949) 252-9990
Irvine, California 92612
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15 Article 1, section 28(c) of the California Constitution ...................................................................... 2
C.C.P. §430.10 .............................................................................................................................. 3, 4
16 C.C.P. §436(a) ................................................................................................................................... 4
C.C.P. §473(a)(1) ............................................................................................................................ 12
17 Civil Code §51.9 ........................................................................................................................ iv, 11
18 Civil Code §51.9(e) .................................................................................................................... iv, 11
Civil Code §52 ................................................................................................................. 2, i, v, 1, 11
19 Civil Code §52 (b) ................................................................................................................... v, 6, 11
Civil Code §52(b)(2) ......................................................................................................................... 9
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Civil Code § 1708 ............................................................................................................................. 2
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Civil Code §§ 52.4 ....................................................................................................................... i, 11
22 CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE §1021.5 ........................................................................... i, v, 10
Code of Civil Procedure §1021.4 ..................................................................................... 2, i, v, 1, 11
23 CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE § 340.15 ....................................................................... i, v, 1, 5, 8
Education Code § 200 ....................................................................................................................... 2
24 GOVERNMENT CODE § 818 .................................................................................. i, v, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Government Code §§ 820, 815.2 ...................................................................................................... 2
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Health & Safety Code § 1417 .......................................................................................................... 7
26 Penal Code §§ 11166, 11167............................................................................................................. 2
section 52, subdivision (b)(2) ............................................................................................................ 9
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subdivision (b) of Section 52 .......................................................................................................... 11
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1 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES
2 I. INTRODUCTION
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Defendant DOE 1 attempts to strike various portions of Plaintiff JANE BWN DOE’s
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(“Plaintiff”) Complaint for Damages (“Complaint”), including Plaintiff’s claims for Treble
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Damages pursuant to Civil Code of Procedure (“C.C.P.”) §340.1, and attorneys’ fees under C.C.P.
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§§ 1021.4, 1021.5 and Civil Code (“C.C.”) § 52. Moreover, Defendant DOE 1 attempts to strike
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relevant and pertinent language as it relates to Defendant DOE 1 “conspiring” to “conceal” the abuse
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its former employee and the perpetrator in this action, Defendant DOE 2.
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Contrary to DOE 1’s misleading contentions, Plaintiff’s Complaint, and specifically the
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allegations identified by DOE 1, are more than proper and relevant in this action. Moreover, as set
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forth below, and also concurrently with Plaintiff’s Opposition to the Demurrer, the arguments by
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DOE 1 fail, as there are more than adequate legal and factual grounds supporting Plaintiff’s claims
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and allegations. As such, DOE 1’s Motion is meritless and should be denied outright.
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II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
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A. THE PLAINTIFF
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Plaintiff JANE BWN DOE was born in December 1981, and was a minor when she was
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molested by the Perpetrator, DOE 2. Complaint (“C”) ¶6 to Declaration of Cristina J. Nolan
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(“DCN”). The molestation took place while Plaintiff was a student at Berkeley High School
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(“BHS”), a school located under the control and supervision of DOE 1. Id. As Plaintiff’s teacher,
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DOE 2 came into contact with Plaintiff and many other young vulnerable females. C, ¶¶ 42-45.
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The following is known: beginning in or around 1997, Plaintiff was sexually abused, harassed, and
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molested by DOE 2 on school premises. C, ¶ 63. This abuse included but was not limited to: DOE
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2 engaging in sexual talk and innuendo by DOE 2; and DOE 2 engaging in sexual fondling of
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Plaintiff’s body by DOE 2. Id.
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B. DOE 1’s ROLE IN DOE 2’s HISTORY OF SEXUAL ABUSE
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Given the duties and relationship between DOE 1 and Plaintiff, DOE 1 stood in loco parentis
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with the Plaintiff and thus, the Defendant owed Plaintiff a special duty of care. C, ¶¶ 47-48. This
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was a “special relationship” and fiduciary relationship that Plaintiff had with the Defendants. C, ¶¶
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1 47-48, 71. Plaintiff was also owed numerous additional duties by DOE 1, considering that it took
2 custody and control of the Plaintiff, a minor child at all relevant times. Id. As alleged in the
3 Complaint, Pl
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1 MORGAN A. STEWART (State Bar No. 209852) mstewart@manlystewart.com 2 SAUL E. WOLF (State Bar No. 244833) swolf@manlystewart.com 3 CRISTINA J. NOLAN (State Bar No. 318495) cnolan@manlystewart.com 4 MANLY STEWART FINALDI 19100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800 5 Irvine, California 92612 Telephone: (949) 252-9990 6 Facsimile: (949) 252-9991 7 Attorneys for Plaintiff 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 COUNTY OF ALAMEDA – RENE C. DAVIDSON COURTHOUSE 10 JANE BWN DOE, an individual, Case No. 22CV006012 11 MANLY STEWART FINALDI Plaintiff, Assigned for All Purposes to: 12 Judge: Hon. Julie Spain v. 19100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800 Dept,: 520 13 Telephone (949) 252-9990 Irvine, California 92612 DOE 1, a California local public entity; DOE PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO 14 2, an individual; and DOES 3 to 100, DEFENDANT DOE 1’S MOTION TO inclusive, STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 15 Defendants. [Filed Concurrently with Declaration of 16 Cristina J. Nolan; Request for Judicial Notice] 17 HEARING: Date: June 17, 2022 18 Time: 2:00 p.m. Dept.: 520 19 Reservation No. : A-06012-001 20 Complaint Filed: January, 25, 2022 21 TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: 22 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT JANE BWN DOE (“Plaintiff”), by and through her 23 attorney of record, hereby files the instant Opposition to Defendant DOE 1’s Motion to Strike 24 Plaintiff’s Complaint for Damages (“Complaint”). Specifically, the present Motion to Strike should 25 be denied in its entirety, for the following reasons: 26 1. Plaintiff’s specific allegations addressed in Complaint ¶¶ 17-18, 32, 40, 50, 56, 66, 27 78, 169, 192, 200, 203, and 204 are relevant and proper; 28 1 PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT DOE 1’s MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 1 2 2. Plaintiff is entitled to treble damages are properly set forth in the Complaint under 3 Civil Code of Procedure § 340.1; 4 3. Plaintiff’s request for attorney’s fees, pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure §1021.4 5 (the Private Attorney Generals Act “PAGA”) is proper, as this litigation confers a 6 substantial public benefit; and 7 4. Plaintiff’s request for attorneys’ fees, pursuant to Civil Code §52, is proper. 8 This Opposition is grounded in this Notice, the attached Memorandum of Points and 9 Authorities, the Declaration of Cristina J. Nolan, Esq. concurrently filed herewith, Request for 10 Judicial Notice, the records and files in this action, and upon such further evidence and argument 11 as may be presented prior to or at the time of hearing on the motion. MANLY STEWART FINALDI 12 19100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800 13 DATED: June 6, 2022 MANLY STEWART FINALDI Telephone (949) 252-9990 Irvine, California 92612 14 15 By: 16 MORGAN A. STEWART SAUL E. WOLF 17 CRISTINA J. NOLAN Attorneys for Plaintiff 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT DOE 1’s MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 1 Table of Contents 2 I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 1 3 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND .................................................................................................... 1 A. THE PLAINTIFF .............................................................................................................. 1 4 B. DOE 1’s ROLE IN DOE 2’s HISTORY OF SEXUAL ABUSE ..................................... 1 5 C. BREACH OF DUTIES OWED TO PLAINTIFF BY DEFENDANT DOE 1................... 2 D. THE DAMAGES SUFFERED BY PLAINTIFF ............................................................... 3 6 III. ARGUMENT ......................................................................................................................... 3 7 A. A DEMURRER, NOT A MOTION TO STRIKE, IS THE PROPER VEHICLE TO TEST THE SUFFICIENCY OF PLAINTIFF’S ALLEGATIONS ................................... 3 8 B. A MOTION TO STRIKE ONLY LIES FOR IRRELEVANT, FALSE, OR 9 IMPROPER MATTERS INSERTED INTO A PLEADING, OR THOSE NOT DRAWN IN CONFORMITY WITH LAWS OF THE STATE ...................................... 4 10 C. SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS OF AN EXISTENCE OF A UNITY OF INTEREST AND/OR ALTER-EGO BETWEEN THE DEFENDANTS ............................................. 4 11 D. TREBLE DAMAGES ARE PROPERLY ASSERTED AGAINST DEFENDANT MANLY STEWART FINALDI DOE 1 UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE § 818 AND CODE OF CIVIL 12 PROCEDURE § 340.1 ....................................................................................................... 5 19100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800 13 1. Government Code § 818 Extends Only to Prohibit Damages Whose Purpose is Telephone (949) 252-9990 Irvine, California 92612 Solely Punitive ............................................................................................................ 5 14 2. Code of Civil Procedure § 340.1 Allows Plaintiff to Seek Treble Damages ......... 8 15 3. The LAUSD and X.M. Decisions Are Not Binding Authority ................................ 10 E. PLAINTIFF’S PRAYER FOR ATTORNEYS FEES UNDER CODE OF CIVIL 16 PROCEDURE §1021.5 IS WELL-FOUNDED, AS HER CASE ADVANCES THE PARAMOUNT PUBLIC INTEREST OF PREVENTING CHILDHOOD SEXUAL 17 ABUSE ............................................................................................................................. 10 F. PLAINTIFF IS ENTITLED TO ATTORNEYS’ FEES PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE 18 § 52 ................................................................................................................................... 11 19 1. Plaintiff Concedes as to Attorney’s Fees Under Civil Code §§ 52.4 and Code of Civil Procedure §1021.4 ........................................................................................... 11 20 G. IN THE EVENT DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STRIKE, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF, IS SUSTAINED, PLAINTIFF SHOULD BE ALLOWED AN 21 OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND, IN THE INTERESTS OF JUSTICE ......................... 12 22 IV. CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 12 23 24 25 26 27 28 i PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT DOE 1’s MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 1 Table of Authorities 2 Page(s) 3 Cases 4 (1926) 76 Cal. App. 409 ............................................................................................................. iv, 12 (1946) 29 Cal.2d 34 ...................................................................................................................... iv, 4 5 (1966) 240 Cal.App.2d 536 .............................................................................................. iv, 1, 2, 3, 4 6 (1970) 2 Cal.3d 1 .......................................................................................................................... iv, 7 (1971) 5 Cal.3d 885 ...................................................................................................................... iv, 8 7 (1976) 16 Cal.3d 30 .............................................................................................................. iv, 6, 7, 9 (1976) 16 Cal.3d 46 ...................................................................................................................... iv, 7 8 (1989) 48 Cal.3d 438 .................................................................................................................... iv, 5 (1989) 216 Cal.App.3d 340 ...................................................................................................... iv, 3, 4 9 (1991) 53 Cal.3d 139 ............................................................................................................ iv, 5, 6, 7 10 (2003) 108 Cal.App.4th 1049 ....................................................................................................... iv, 8 (2004) 123 Cal.App.4th 261 ............................................................................................. iv, 5, 6, 7, 9 11 (2012) 53 Cal.4th 861................................................................................................................... iv, 5 MANLY STEWART FINALDI 188 Cal.App.4th ......................................................................................................................... iv, 11 12 X.M. v. Superior Court, 19100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800 13 (2021) 68 Cal.App.5th 1014 ........................................................................................................ 10 Telephone (949) 252-9990 Irvine, California 92612 14 Statutes 15 Article 1, section 28(c) of the California Constitution ...................................................................... 2 C.C.P. §430.10 .............................................................................................................................. 3, 4 16 C.C.P. §436(a) ................................................................................................................................... 4 C.C.P. §473(a)(1) ............................................................................................................................ 12 17 Civil Code §51.9 ........................................................................................................................ iv, 11 18 Civil Code §51.9(e) .................................................................................................................... iv, 11 Civil Code §52 ................................................................................................................. 2, i, v, 1, 11 19 Civil Code §52 (b) ................................................................................................................... v, 6, 11 Civil Code §52(b)(2) ......................................................................................................................... 9 20 Civil Code § 43 ................................................................................................................................. 2 Civil Code § 1708 ............................................................................................................................. 2 21 Civil Code §§ 52.4 ....................................................................................................................... i, 11 22 CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE §1021.5 ........................................................................... i, v, 10 Code of Civil Procedure §1021.4 ..................................................................................... 2, i, v, 1, 11 23 CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE § 340.15 ....................................................................... i, v, 1, 5, 8 Education Code § 200 ....................................................................................................................... 2 24 GOVERNMENT CODE § 818 .................................................................................. i, v, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Government Code §§ 820, 815.2 ...................................................................................................... 2 25 Health & Safety Code § 1417 .......................................................................................................... 7 26 Penal Code §§ 11166, 11167............................................................................................................. 2 section 52, subdivision (b)(2) ............................................................................................................ 9 27 Section 436 of the Code of Civil Procedure ...................................................................................... 4 subdivision (b) of Section 52 .......................................................................................................... 11 28 § 340.1(b) ...................................................................................................................................... v, 8 i PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT DOE 1’s MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 1 § 340.1(b)(1).................................................................................................................................. v, 8 2 Other Authorities 3 AB 218 .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Assembly Bill 218 ......................................................................................................................... 8, 9 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 MANLY STEWART FINALDI 12 19100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800 13 Telephone (949) 252-9990 Irvine, California 92612 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ii PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT DOE 1’s MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 1 MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES 2 I. INTRODUCTION 3 Defendant DOE 1 attempts to strike various portions of Plaintiff JANE BWN DOE’s 4 (“Plaintiff”) Complaint for Damages (“Complaint”), including Plaintiff’s claims for Treble 5 Damages pursuant to Civil Code of Procedure (“C.C.P.”) §340.1, and attorneys’ fees under C.C.P. 6 §§ 1021.4, 1021.5 and Civil Code (“C.C.”) § 52. Moreover, Defendant DOE 1 attempts to strike 7 relevant and pertinent language as it relates to Defendant DOE 1 “conspiring” to “conceal” the abuse 8 its former employee and the perpetrator in this action, Defendant DOE 2. 9 Contrary to DOE 1’s misleading contentions, Plaintiff’s Complaint, and specifically the 10 allegations identified by DOE 1, are more than proper and relevant in this action. Moreover, as set 11 forth below, and also concurrently with Plaintiff’s Opposition to the Demurrer, the arguments by MANLY STEWART FINALDI 12 DOE 1 fail, as there are more than adequate legal and factual grounds supporting Plaintiff’s claims 19100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800 13 Telephone (949) 252-9990 and allegations. As such, DOE 1’s Motion is meritless and should be denied outright. Irvine, California 92612 14 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND 15 A. THE PLAINTIFF 16 Plaintiff JANE BWN DOE was born in December 1981, and was a minor when she was 17 molested by the Perpetrator, DOE 2. Complaint (“C”) ¶6 to Declaration of Cristina J. Nolan 18 (“DCN”). The molestation took place while Plaintiff was a student at Berkeley High School 19 (“BHS”), a school located under the control and supervision of DOE 1. Id. As Plaintiff’s teacher, 20 DOE 2 came into contact with Plaintiff and many other young vulnerable females. C, ¶¶ 42-45. 21 The following is known: beginning in or around 1997, Plaintiff was sexually abused, harassed, and 22 molested by DOE 2 on school premises. C, ¶ 63. This abuse included but was not limited to: DOE 23 2 engaging in sexual talk and innuendo by DOE 2; and DOE 2 engaging in sexual fondling of 24 Plaintiff’s body by DOE 2. Id. 25 B. DOE 1’s ROLE IN DOE 2’s HISTORY OF SEXUAL ABUSE 26 Given the duties and relationship between DOE 1 and Plaintiff, DOE 1 stood in loco parentis 27 with the Plaintiff and thus, the Defendant owed Plaintiff a special duty of care. C, ¶¶ 47-48. This 28 was a “special relationship” and fiduciary relationship that Plaintiff had with the Defendants. C, ¶¶ 1 PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT DOE 1’s MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT 1 47-48, 71. Plaintiff was also owed numerous additional duties by DOE 1, considering that it took 2 custody and control of the Plaintiff, a minor child at all relevant times. Id. As alleged in the 3 Complaint, Pl