Maria Manjarrez v. Walmart Inc.

I. Background

On May 17, 2024, Plaintiff filed a Complaint in Orange County Superior Court against Defendant Walmart and Defendant Walmart’s employee, Gabby Galvez (“Galvez”), for general negligence, willful failure to warn, and premises liability. (See Dkt. 1, Ex. 1 (“Complaint” or “Compl.”).) Plaintiff alleges in the Complaint that “Defendants breached their duty of care to Plaintiff when they failed to properly maintain, manage, and control the premises, failing to alert or warn Plaintiff of [] an inherently unsafe condition.” (Compl. at 7, 8.) As a result of “the negligence of the Defendants . . . Plaintiff sustained severe injuries . . . [and] incurred __________________________________________________________________

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 8:24-cv-01423-FWS-JDE Date: October 4, 2024 Title: Maria Manjarrez v. Walmart Inc. et al. medical and related expenses.” (Id.) On June 27, 2024, Defendant Walmart removed the case based on 28 U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441 and 1446. (Dkt. 1 at 1.) Plaintiff subsequently filed the Motion. (Mot.)

II. Legal Standard

Federal courts are…