Document for ROBERT G. GOLIGHTLY VS AMDA, INC.

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                                                                                              Su      rior Court of California
                                                                                                     ‘ounty of Los Angeles

                      Nina Huerta (SBN: 229070)                                                        AUG 19 2020
                      nhuerta@lockelord.com                                                                 equlyp     OticeClerk of Court
                                                                                         Sherri R,
«=                    Jordon R. Ferguson (SBN: 276578)
                                                                                                                                   Deputy
                      jordon.ferguson@lockelord.com                                                   Kristina
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gia                   LOCKE LORD LLP
                      300 S. Grand Avenue, Suite 2600
€                     Los Angeles, CA 90071
                      Telephone: (213) 485-1500
                      Fax: (213) 485-1200
                      Attorneys for Defendant
                      AMDA, INC.



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                      ROBERT        G. GOLIGHTLY,     an individual, on behalf )
                      of all persons similarly situated on behalf of the State )
                      of California, as a private attorney general, and on     )
                                                                                   CASE NO. 20STCV13173

                                                                                   Honorable Amy D. Hogue, Dept. 7
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                                                                                   DEFENDANT’S ANSWER TO
                14                                    Plaintiffs,                  UNVERIFIED CLASS & PAGA
                              vs.                                                  REPRESENTATIVE ACTION
                15                                                                 COMPLAINT; JURY TRIAL
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                      AMDA,        INC., a New York Non-Profit Organization        DEMAND
                16    d.b.a. AMDA COLLEGE OF THE PERFORMING
                      ARTS d.b.a. THE AMERICAN MUSICAL AND
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                      DRAMATIC ACADEMY; and DOES | to 50,
                18    inclusive,                                                   Complaint filed: April 2, 2020

                19                                    Defendants.

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                23            Under California Code of Civil Procedure section 431.30, Defendant AMDA,                      INC.

                24    (“Defendant”) hereby answers the unverified Class & PAGA Representative Action Complaint (the

                25    “Complaint”) filed by Plaintiff Robert G. Golightly (“Plaintiff”) as follows:

                26                                                  GENERAL DENIAL

                27             1        Under California Code of Civil Procedure section 431.30, subdivision (d), Defendant

                28    denies, generally and specifically, each and every allegation of the Complaint.                Defendant further

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                                                ANSWER TO CLASS ACTION & PAGA COMPLAINT