Jacques Kurdian v. Mercedes Benz USA LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. Introduction
Before the Court is a motion for attorney’s fees brought by plaintiff Jacques Kurdian (“Kurdian” or “Plaintiff’). Plaintiff's Motion for Attorney’s Fees (“Motion”), ECF No. 16. For the following reasons, the motion is GRANTED in part.
Il. Factual and Procedural Background This is a lemon law case concerning a 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS450V (“Vehicle”) leased by Plaintiff Jacques Kurdian (‘Plaintiff’) in January 2022. Complaint, ECF No. 1-1 (“Compl.”) ff 1, 5. After discovering a variety of alleged defects in the Vehicle, Plaintiff sued Defendant Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC and Defendant First Motor Group of Encino LLC (collectively, “Defendants”) in state court. Compl. Plaintiff brought claims of fraud and deceit, negligence, strict liability, breach of written warranty and implied warranty under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (15 U.S.C. § 2301, et seg.), breach of written and implied warranty under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (Cal. Civ. Code § 1790, et seg.), and violations of California’s unfair competition law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17200, ef seg.) and California’s false advertising law (id. § 17500, ef seg.). (See generally id.).