MERIBEAR PRODUCTIONS, INC. v. BAER
CASE NO.: VC065653
HEARING: 12/06/16
JUDGE: MARGARET M. BERNAL


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TENTATIVE ORDER

Defendants BRETT BAER, CITY LIGHTS STAGING, INC., JAIME BAER and CALEB MORSE’s motion to strike the claims for punitive damages and costs from the First Amended Complaint is DENIED. C.C.P. §§ 435, 436.

Defendants have 20 days to serve and file an answer.

Plaintiff MERIBEAR PRODUCTIONS, INC. (dba Merideth Baer Home and referenced herein as “MBH”) alleges conversion against the Baer defendants and defendant City Lights, breach of contract against defendant Morse and 2 counts of breach of fiduciary duty against the individual Baer defendants.

Defendants seek an order striking the claims for punitive damages and costs. Paragraphs one and two of the prayer include a claim for attorney’s fees, but those paragraphs are not referenced in the Notice of Motion and thus not a proper subject of the motion. Plaintiffs should note, however, that absent a statutory or contra