maria irais castillo-sevilla,

et al., Plaintiffs, v. ROBERT CARILLO, et al., Defendants.

Case No.: 19STCV01874

Hearing Date: June 17, 2019

[TENTATIVE] order RE:

DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT

Plaintiffs Maria Irais Castillo-Sevilla, Maria Jimenita Castillo-Sevilla, Diego Tellez Mejia, Jocelyn Tellez, and Michelle Romero (collectively “Plaintiffs”) filed a complaint against Defendants Roberto Carillo and Jailene Melchor-Leon (collectively “Defendants”) on January 18, 2019, alleging that they suffered injuries following an automobile collision that occurred on or about January 1, 2017. Plaintiffs assert causes of action for negligence and negligence per se. Defendants now demur to the complaint on the grounds of the statute of limitations. In the alternative, Defendants demur to the second cause of action, negligence per se, because it is not a separate cause of action from negligence.

Defendants argue that the statute of limitations has passed because the complaint alleges that the accide