Gallucci

INTRODUCTION

Appellants and plaintiffs are Paul Gallucci, Sr. (Gallucci Sr.), Lisa Hunt (Hunt),

and Paul Gallucci, Jr. (Gallucci Jr.), all of whom have filed a Third Amended Complaint

(TAC) against defendants and respondents Los Angeles SMSA Limited Partnership dba

Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless), Celluphone, Inc. (Celluphone), and Mobile Line

Communications Corporation (Mobile Line).

The dispute between plaintiffs and defendants involves the retail sale of Verizon

Wireless products. Gallucci Sr. was an authorized Verizon Wireless dealer. Hunt

eventually purchased Gallucci Sr.‘s business. Gallucci Jr. worked as a salesman for the

business. The TAC asserts tort and contract claims based in part on contracts between

Verizon Wireless‘s master agents, Celluphone and Mobile Line, and another entity, Time

Rider, Inc. (Time Rider), and Hunt.1 The written contracts were executed in October

2006, May 2007, and August 2008. The original complaint was filed in November 2010.

Time Rider is not a party to the action.

The trial court sustained the demurrers of all three defendants to the TAC, the

operative complaint, without leave to amend, and entered judgments in favor…