Valdivia

BACKGROUND

The Ticket Clinic, a firm that focuses on defending traffic tickets, hired Valdivia, a traffic ticket defense attorney, in January 2016. The Ticket Clinic terminated Valdivia’s employment in December 2016. On February 23, 2017, Valdivia filed a complaint against the Ticket Clinic, alleging five causes of action relating to his wages, wage statements and termination. On December 6, 2018, the Ticket Clinic filed a motion for summary judgment. On January 31, 2019, Valdivia voluntarily dismissed his first cause of action for wrongful termination in violation of public policy. This dismissal left standing Valdivia’s four other causes of action: (1) failure to furnish timely and accurate wage statements; (2) failure to make payment within the required time; (3) unfair competition; and (4) breach of an oral contract. These four causes of action became the subject of the trial court’s summary judgment ruling and are at issue on appeal. On December 8, 2020, the trial court issued a tentative ruling granting summary judgment. Valdivia and the Ticket

2 Clinic submitted on the court’s tentative without oral argument. The court adopted its tentative granting summary judgment. The…