Johnson v. Rubylin, Inc.

Filed 12/19/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SIXTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

SCOTT JOHNSON, H053076

(Santa Clara County Plaintiff and Appellant, Super. Ct. No. 24CV439119)

v.

RUBYLIN, INC.,

Defendant and Respondent.

The Construction-Related Accessibility Standards Compliance Act (Act), Civil Code1 sections 55.51–55.545, entitles certain defendants in construction-related accessibility suits to a stay and an “early evaluation conference” (hereafter, “early evaluation conference” or “conference”). (§ 55.54, subd. (b)(1).) If a qualified defendant so requests, the trial court must grant a 90-day stay of the proceedings (id., subd. (d)(1)), schedule a conference (id., subd. (d)(2)), and direct the plaintiff to file with the court and serve on the defendant a statement that includes the amount of damages claimed and “[t]he amount of attorney’s fees and costs incurred to date, if any, that are being claimed” (§ 55.54, subd. (d)(7)) (hereafter, section 55.54(d)(7)).

1 All further unspecified statutory references are to the Civil Code. In this appeal, we address whether the required disclosure of…