(1) Defendants Shinall’s Demurrer to 1st Amended Complaint.
(2) Defendants Shinall’s Motion to Strike Punitive Damages.
Defendants Shinall’s Demurrer to 1st Amended Complaint.
Plaintiffs filed a 1st amended complaint asserting various causes of action against the defendants, including negligence, battery, mayhem, infliction of serious bodily injury, assault with a knife, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Plaintiffs seek recovery of general and punitive damages
Defendants Michael Shinall and Patricia Shinall (Defendants Shinall) in a single motion demur to the 1st cause of action for negligence and 6th cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress and move to strike the punitive damages allegations. The court will address the arguments related to the motion to strike in the motion to strike portion of this ruling.
Defendants Shinall demur to the 1st cause of action for negligence and 6th cause of action for intentional infliction of emotional distress