SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES - CENTRAL DISTRICT

KEITH CARTER, KATHLEEN CARTER, Plaintiff(s), vs. VARDAN TOKMAJYAN, USA TOBACCO & VAPE SHOP, INC., TRIPLEJS JADE VERMONT, LLC, et al., Defendant(s).

CASE NO.: 19STCV23944

[TENTATIVE] ORDER RE: DEFENDANT TRIPLEJS JADE VERMONT, LLC’S DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT

Dept. 27

1:30 p.m.

July 29, 2020

I.INTRODUCTION

On July 7, 2019, plaintiffs Keith and Kathleen Carter (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) filed this action against Vardan Tokmajyan (“Tokmajyan”), USA Tobacco & Vape Shop, Inc. (“USA Tobacco”), and TRIPLEJS Jade Vermont (“Defendant”). Plaintiffs allege their grandson Jai Malik Carter (“Decedent”) was killed by USA Tobacco’s employee, Tokmajyan on May 10, 2018. Tokmajyan allegedly locked Decedent in USA Tobacco’s shop and fatally stabbed Decedent. Defendant is USA Tobacco’s landlord and owns the shopping plaza where USA Tobacco had its shop.

Defendant demurs to the Complaint on the grounds that: (1