Mora

Filed 10/21/25; certified for publication 11/18/25 (order attached)

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SIX

GUSTAVO MORA, et al., 2d Civ. No. B337830 (Super. Ct. No. 56-2018- Plaintiffs and Appellants, 00521275-CU-OE-VTA) (Ventura County) v.

C.E. ENTERPRISES, INC.,

et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

Appellants Gustavo Mora and Mohammad Hanif were formerly employed as service technicians by respondent C.E. Enterprises, Inc., a Simi Valley auto dealership doing business as First Honda, First Auto Group, and First Automotive Group (First Honda). Appellants sued First Honda1 for alleged

Appellants’ complaint also named respondents Ed Estey

(the president and owner of First Honda) and Darrell Coletto (the former co-owner of First Honda) as individual defendants. Because the claims against Estey and Coletto derive solely from violations of the Labor Code2 and the Unfair Competition Law (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200), and also asserted a claim on behalf of themselves and other First Honda employees under the Private Attorney General Act (PAGA) (§ 2698 et seq.).3 The trial court…