Superior Court of California
County of Los Angeles
Department 78

KAORI OSAWA; Plaintiff, vs. DAISO CALIFORNIA, LLC, et al.;

Defendants. Case No.: BC 607318

Hearing Date: October 18, 2016


[TENTATIVE] RULING RE:

DEFENDANTS DAISO CALIFORNIA, LLC, TOYOKAZU SUGISAKI, AND RYUTA KAMEI’S MOTION TO STRIKE PORTIONS OF PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT.

Defendants Daiso California, LLC, Toyokazu Sugisaki, and Ryuta Kamei’s Motion to Strike Portions of Plaintiff’s Complaint is GRANTED without leave to amend as to Item No. 8 and DENIED as to all others.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

This is an assault and employment discrimination case. Plaintiff Kaori Osawa (“Osawa”) alleges that she was employed as a store manager with defendant Daiso California, LLC (“Daiso”). (Complaint ¶ 8.) The complaint alleges that between 2012 and January 2014, defendant Ryuta Kamei (“Kamei”) berated and verbally abused Osawa on the basis of her gender and Japanese American origin. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that Kamei d