Perlite
Symphony Risk Solutions Insurance Services, Inc. v. Perlite
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SYMPHONY RISK SOLUTIONS Case No. 24-cv-06437-WHO
INSURANCE SERVICES, INC,
8 Plaintiff, ORDER ON THE MOTION TO DISMISS v. Re: Dkt. No. 17 PAUL PERLITE, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Symphony Risk Solutions Insurance Services, Inc. (“Symphony Risk” or 13 “Symphony”) is an insurance and consulting company. Symphony Risk filed this lawsuit against 14 individual defendants Paul Perlite (“Perlite”), Jeff Holman (“Holman”) and John Nicholas Dieter 15 (“Dieter”) (together, “the individual defendants”) and their current employers, Pinnacle Brokers 16 Insurance Solutions, Pinnacle Brokers Insurance Solutions LLC, and/or Foundation Risk Partners, Corp. (together, “the Pinnacle defendants” or “Pinnacle”),1 alleging breach of contract and 18 fiduciary duties along with other state law violations and a violation of the Defense of Trade 19 Secrets Act. The individual and Pinnacle defendants moved to dismiss certain causes of action because they are preempted by…