Kindermann
Kindermann v. Merz North America, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 IAN KINDERMANN, Case No.: 3:25-cv-16-CAB-SBC
12 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
13 v. DISMISS
14 MERZ NORTH AMERICA, INC., et al., [Doc. No. 13] 15 Defendants. 16 17 On November 27, 2024, Plaintiff Ian Kindermann filed a complaint against 18 Defendants Merz North America, Inc. (“Merz”), Patrick Urban, and Does 1–50 in the 19 Superior Court of the State of California. Defendants filed a timely notice of removal with 20 the Court, [Doc. No. 1], followed by a motion to dismiss. [Doc. No. 3.] Plaintiff filed an 21 amended complaint (“FAC”) and seeks damages under eight causes of action: (1) 22 retaliation, (2) wrongful termination, (3) failure to pay wages earned and unpaid at 23 separation, (4) failure to furnish accurate itemized wage statements, (5) unpaid wages, (6) 24 breach of contract, (7) breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and (8) 25 gender discrimination. [See…