Greist
Greist v. LendUS, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BARBARA GREIST, et al., Case No. 24-cv-02411-AMO
Plaintiffs,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS
LENDUS, LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 22 Defendants.
12 Plaintiffs Barbara Griest, Susan Schell, and Melanie Green bring this proposed collective and class action against LendUS LLC and CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC. ECF 19 (“Am. Compl.”) ¶¶ 21-29. In their amended complaint, Plaintiffs assert eleven claims for relief under the Fair Labor Standards Act and California law. Id. ¶¶ 76-136. CrossCountry moves to dismiss the operative complaint with prejudice. ECF 22 (“Mot.”). It contends that Plaintiffs have not adequately alleged that CrossCountry can be held liable for LendUS’s wage and hour law violations as a successor-in-interest. Id. at 3-6. A successor-in-interest may be liable for its predecessor’s labor law violations depending on whether “1) the subsequent employer was a bona fide successor[,] . . . 2) the subsequent …