Christianson
Christianson v. Cox Communications, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
22 This putative class action was filed on August 30, 2022. ECF No. 1. Before any 23 defendant appeared, on November 27, 2022, Plaintiffs filed their First Amended 24 Complaint. ECF No. 3. On April 26, 2023, pursuant to a joint motion for leave to file, 25 Plaintiffs filed their Second Amended Complaint (the “SAC”). ECF Nos. 19–21. 26 27 On June 28, 2023, Defendants filed a motion to compel arbitration for twenty-nine of the thirty-one plaintiffs named in the SAC. ECF No. 27. The Court granted Defendants’ motion to compel arbitration on January 3, 2024, and stayed this action pending arbitration as to all named plaintiffs except for Cristina Abdala and Robynn Rowe (referred to herein as “Plaintiffs”). ECF No. 30. On February 15, 2024, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the claims of plaintiffs Abdala and Rowe. ECF No. 34. The Court granted in part and denied in part the motion, and granted leave to amend. ECF No. 39. On September 6, 2024, Plaintiffs filed the Third Amended Complaint (the “TAC”), their operative pleading. ECF No. 40. The TAC alleges as follows. Defendants Cox Communications, Inc., …