Danicia Haskins v. City of Hope National Medical Center

I. Background

On July 18, 2024, Defendant City of Hope National Medical Center (“Defendant” or filed a Notice of Removal (“NOR”), removing this class action from the Los Angeles County Superior Court. (Docket No. 1.) In its Notice of Removal, Defendant asserts that the Court possesses original subject matter jurisdiction under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Plaintiff's Class Action Complaint, filed on June 12, 2024, asserts five causes of action for: (1) negligence; (2) negligence per se; (3) violation of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.100 et seq.); (4) violation of California Unfair Competition Law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200); and (5) violation of the Confidentiality of Medical

u In a related case, Rodriguez v. City of Hope, CV 24-4691 PA (KSx), the Court recently granted a Motion to Remand that presented issues that are “virtually identical” to the issues raised in Plaintiff's Motion to Remand. (See Docket No. 16 at p. 2.) Based on the Court’s ruling on the Rodriguez remand motion, defendant City of Hope National Medical Center (“COH”) filed an opposition adopting and…