Doe

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The incident occurred about 15 years ago. The mother and her boyfriend were arrested and charged with various felony offenses.2 Orange County Social Services Agency investigated the incident and filed a juvenile dependency petition concerning plaintiff. It also prepared the report, which summarized its investigation and contained private details about plaintiff and the incident. Plaintiff’s claims in this lawsuit arise from the alleged theft

2 The mother was later convicted of a felony, but it is unclear

what happened with her boyfriend’s case.

3 of the report and the purported dissemination of its information by the employees and attorney defendants. The mother co-owned a company (the company). Years after the incident, several of the company’s former employees (defined above as the employees)–R.D., K.I., P.G., and L.A.–filed three separate lawsuits against the mother and the company (defined above as the employee lawsuits). R.D. filed suit in 2014 (the 2014 lawsuit), K.I. filed in 2019 (the 2019 lawsuit), and P.G. and L.A. filed their case in 2020 (the 2020 lawsuit). The 2019 and 2020 lawsuits were still pending when the trial court heard the…