Zuniga

Filed 8/12/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

ROSALINDA ZUNIGA, B297023

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. BC529776) v.

ALEXANDRIA CARE CENTER,

LLC, et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Elihu M. Berle, Judge. Reversed and remanded. Matern Law Group, Matthew J. Matern, Dalia Khalili and Andrew J. Sokolowski for Plaintiff and Appellant. Littler Mendelson, Curtis A. Graham and James Payer for Defendants and Respondents Alexandria Care Center, Skilled Healthcare, LLC and Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. ______________________ Rosalinda Zuniga appeals the judgment in favor of Alexandria Care Center, LLC, Skilled Healthcare, LLC and Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (collectively Alexandria Care) entered after a five-day bench trial of her representative claim for penalties under the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) (Lab. Code, § 2698 et seq.).1 Zuniga contends the trial court erred in excluding the testimony of her two proposed expert witnesses, Dean…