DEMURRER TO 1ST AMENDED COMPLAINT

Matter on calendar for Thursday, January 30, 2014, Line 13, DEFENDANTS CJH & ASSOCIATES AND CHIJEH HU'S DEMURRER TO 1ST AMENDED COMPLAINT.

Defendants' demurrer is overruled. All requests for judicial notice are granted. Defendants' demurrer to the third cause of action is overruled. Although Plaintiff has not pled facts demonstrating the existence of a valid attorney's lien in accordance with California Rules of Professional Conduct 3-300, Plaintiff has alleged sufficient facts to establish Defendants' breach of the Settlement Agreement, to which Plaintiff is an intended third party beneficiary. (See First Amended Complaint 22-25, Exh. 4; see also Quelimane Co., Inc. v. Stewart Title Guar. Co. (1998) 19 Cal.4th 26, 38-39 (holding a properly pled cause of action under any theory is good against general demurrer.)) Defendants' demurrer to the fourth cause of action is overruled. Whether Plaintiff has a right to possess the settlement funds is f