farmers insurance exchange & farmers group, inc., Plaintiffs, v. VENKATESH KAMATH, et al. Defendants.

Case No.: BC681655

Hearing Date: February 14, 2020

[TENTATIVE] order RE:

Demurrer to first amended Complaint

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs Farmers Insurance Exchange (“FIE”) and Farmers Group, Inc. (“FGI”) (collectively, “Farmers”) commenced this action against Defendants Venkatesh Kamath (“Kamath”), Shohreh Abedi (“Abedi”), Auto Club Group (“ACG”), and Automobile Club of Michigan on October 30, 2017. The operative pleading is the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) filed on September 27, 2019. The FAC named additional defendants to the action: Vijayachandran Subashchandrabose (“Bose”), Raghuram Barigeda (“Barigeda”), and Sridharan Sundaram (“Sundaram”). The FAC asserts causes of action for (1) violation of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (“UTSA”), (2) violation of Penal Code section 502, (3) conversion, (4) breach of contract, and (5) inducing breach of contract. The FAC alleges in pertinent