Document for Telisha L. Moore et al. vs Grewal Cargo Inc. et al.

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                                1    Stephen B. Heath - 237622
                sheath@heathandyuen.com                                                                               Electronically Filed
           2    Steven W. Yuen - 230768                                                                    Superior Court of California
                syuen@heathandyuen.com                                                                           County of San Joaquin
           3    Lucy K. Galek - 227237                                                                               2021-04-16 13:54:15
                lgalek@heathandyuen.com                                                                         Clerk: Taylor Hiedeman
           4    HEATH & YUEN, APC
                268 Bush Street, #3006                                                                                            Demurrer
           5    San Francisco, CA 94104                                                                    05/25/2021 09:00 AM in 11B
                Tel:     (415) 622-7004
           6    Fax:     (415) 373-3957

           7    Attorneys for Defendant
                GREWAL CARGO INC
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           9                               SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

          10                                                COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN

          11    JOE EDWIN TAYLOR III, AN INCOMPETENT                            Case No.:         STK-CV-UAT-2021-0001576
                ADULT, BY AND THROUGH HIS
          12    GUARDIAN AD LITEM TELISHA L. MOORE,                             DEFENDANT GREWAL CARGO INC’S
                                                                                DEMURRER
          13             Plaintiffs,
          14    v.                                                              Date:
                                                                                Time:
          15    GREWAL CARGO INC.; CHARANJEET                                   Dept.:            11B
                SINGH; AND DOES 1 THROUGH 150,
          16    INCLUSIVE,                                                      Judge:            Hon. Robert T. Waters
                                                                                File Date:        February 23, 2021
          17             Defendants.                                            Trial Date:       None
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          19             Defendant     Grewal   Cargo    Inc  (herein  “defendant”)     demurs    to plaintiff  Joe  Edwin    Taylor   III’s
          20    complaint on the following grounds:
          21             Demurrer to First Cause of Action - Negligence
          22             1.       The first cause of action does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action per
          23    Civil Procedure Code section 430.10(e).
          24             2.       The   first cause   of  action   is  barred   by  the  fugitive   disentitlement     doctrine.   (Doe   v.
          25    Superior    Ct. (Polanski)    (1990)   222   Cal.App.3d     1406,   1408-09;    Molinaro    v. New    Jersey   (1970)   396
          26    U.S. 365, 366.)
          27             Demurrer to Second Cause of Action – Negligent Retention and Hiring
          28             3.       The second cause of action does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action


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           1    per Civil Procedure Code section 430.10(e).

           2             4.       The   second   cause   of  action  is  barred  by   the fugitive   disentitlement    doctrine.   (Doe   v.

           3    Superior    Ct. (Polanski)    (1990)   222   Cal.App.3d     1406,   1408-09;    Molinaro    v. New    Jersey   (1970)   396

           4    U.S. 365, 366.)

           5    DATED: April 16, 2021
                                                                      HEATH & YUEN, APC
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                                                                      By
           8                                                               Lucy K. Galek
                                                                           Attorneys for Defendant
           9                                                               GREWAL CARGO INC
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