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Filed 3/7/25 Tu v. Deutsch CA6

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

NANCY TU, H051150 & H051216 (Santa Clara County Plaintiff and Appellant, Super. Ct. No. 20CV369118)

v.

BRIAN DEUTSCH,

Defendant and Respondent.

Plaintiff Nancy Tu was terminated from her corporate employer, Chefling, Inc. (Chefling). She sued Chefling, alleging wrongful termination and Labor Code violations. She amended the complaint to add three individual members of Chefling’s board of directors as defendants: Amar Krishna, Jeff Quan Xie, and Brian Deutsch. The amended complaint alleged the individual defendants were personally liable under Labor Code section 558.1, which imposes liability on “an owner, director, officer, or managing agent…