SUBJECT: Demurrer and Motion to Strike

Moving Party: Defendants Handle Financial, Inc., Paynearme Mt, Inc., and Shemika L. Jones

Resp. Party: Plaintiff Rene Villa

Defendants’ demurrer is SUSTAINED without leave to amend as to the first, second, third, and fourth causes of action.

Defendants’ demurrer is SUSTAINED with leave to amend as to the fifth and sixth causes of action.

Defendants’ demurrer is OVERRULED as to the seventh cause of action.

Defendants’ motion to strike is GRANTED in part.

PRELIMINARY COMMENTS:

Plaintiff admits in his opposition that the Fifth and Sixth causes of action – the contract causes of action – need to be amended. The Court does not understand why Plaintiff did not simply agree to amend these causes of action when meeting-and-conferring with defense counsel before the demurrer was filed.

BACKGROUND:

Plaintiff Rene Villa, who was hired by Defendant Paynearme in March of 2015 as a Senior Compliance Analyst and then promoted to be a Senior Compliance