Complaint,Petition: ORTHO MATTRESS INC VS BEDDING PROS LLC ET AL

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                                SB tor ls   of Califomia
                                                                                      unty of bos Angeles

                                                                                       APR 12 2018
               Craig J. Mariam (SBN: 225280).                               Sherri
                                                                                R. C;             uve OfficerClerk
               cmariam@grsm.com                                              By.
               JamesE. Hawley (SBN: 299723)                                                                Deputy
               jhawley@grsm.com
               GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP
               633 West Fifth Street, 52nd Floor
               Los Angeles, CA 90071
               Phone: (213) 576-5000
               Facsimile: (877) 306-0043

               Attorneys for Plaintiff
               Ortho Mattress, Inc.

                                   SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

                                                 FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

          10   ORTHO MATTRESS,           INC.,    a California       )    Case No. BC665853
               Corporation,
          11                                                         )    Honorable Mel Red Recana
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          12                                                         )    FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR:
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     30   13                                                                q)      Intentional Interference with
Aa             BEDDING PROS, LLC dba US-MATTRESS, a)                                Prospective Economic Advantage;
          14   Michigan Limited Liability Company:
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OE             MATTRESS USA, INC. dba US-MATTRESS,                          (2)     Negligent Interference With
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          15   a Michigan Corporation; and DOES 1 through }
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               25, inclusive.                                               G3)     False Advertising Under Cal. Bus.
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                                                                                    & Prof. Code §§ 17500, et seq.
                                                                                    Unfair Competition Under Cal.
                                            Defendants.                             Bus. & Prof. Code §§ 17200, et seq.
          17                                                                6)      Common Law Unfair Competition
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          20           Plaintiff Ortho Mattress, Inc. (“Ortho Mattress”), for its Complaint against defendants

          21   Bedding Pros, LLC dba US-Mattress,           Mattress USA,    Inc. dba US-Mattress (together with

          22   Bedding Pros, LLC, “US-Mattress”), and DOES 1 through 25, inclusive (collectively,

          23   “Defendants”), alleges as follows:

          24                                               INTRODUCTION
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          25            1      Defendants are out-of-state mattress retailers that are unfairly competing against
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=         26   California competitors including and specifically Ortho Mattress by misleading California

          27   consumers into believing that their products are less costly than they actually are.

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