The Merchant of Tennis v. Super. Ct.

Filed 1/14/

See dissenting opinion.

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION TWO

THE MERCHANT OF TENNIS, INC.,

Petitioner, E085766

v. (Super.Ct.No. CIVDS2005614)

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN OPINION

BERNARDINO COUNTY,

Respondent;

JESSICA GARCIA et al.,

Real Parties in Interest.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS; petition for extraordinary writ. Tony Raphael,

Judge. Petition granted.

Arentfox Schiff and John S. Purcell for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

1 Stiller Law Firm, Ariel J. Stiller-Shulman; Haines Law Group, Paul K. Haines,

Sean M. Blakely, Alexandra McIntosh; Bradley/Grombacher, Marcus J. Bradley and

Kiley L. Grombacher for Real Parties in Interest.

In May 2022, real party in interest Jessica Garcia (Garcia) filed a third amended

consolidated class action complaint against her former employer, petitioner The

Merchant of Tennis, Inc. (Merchant), for failure to pay wages in violation of various

provisions of the California Labor Code, and other employment-related violations…