Hales
Tri Tool, Inc. v. Hales
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TRI TOOL, INC., No. 2:22-cv-01515-DAD-CSK Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT
ENERPAC TOOL GROUP CORP.’S MOTION
THAD HALES, et al., TO DISMISS CERTAIN OF PLAINTIFF’S
CLAIMS
Defendants. (Doc. No. 54) 16 This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss certain of plaintiff’s claims filed by defendant Enerpac Tool Group Corp. (“Enerpac”) on August 16, 2024. (Doc. No. 54.) On September 16, 2024, the pending motion was taken under submission on the papers. (Doc. No. 64.) For the reasons explained below, defendant Enerpac’s motion to dismiss will be granted without leave to amend. BACKGROUND On November 9, 2023, plaintiff Tri Tool, Inc. (“Tri Tool”), a company that designs high performance machine tools, filed its operative first amended complaint (“FAC”) against two of its former employees (defendants Thad Hales and Mike Bracikowski) and their new employer 26 …