Curtin Maritime Corp. v. Pacific Dredge etc.

Filed 3/22/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

COURT OF APPEAL, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION ONE

STATE OF CALIFORNIA

CURTIN MARITIME CORP., D078217

Plaintiff and Respondent,

v. (Super. Ct. No. 37-2019- 00055796-CU-BT-CTL)

PACIFIC DREDGE AND

CONSTRUCTION, LLC, et al.,

Defendants and Appellants.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of San Diego County, Richard S. Whitney, Judge. Reversed and remanded with directions. Law Offices of Clinton D. Hubbard, Clinton D. Hubbard; Miller Johnson Law, Jon B. Miller, Scott A. Johnson; and Kevin C. Young for Defendants and Appellants. King & Spalding, Joseph N. Akrotirianakis, Aaron Craig and Matthew V.H. Noller for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Curtin Maritime Corp. (Curtin) filed suit against its competitor, Pacific Dredge and Construction, LLC (Pacific), asserting one cause of action for violation of the Unfair Competition Law (UCL, Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200, et seq.). The parties operate dredging vessels, which are designed to clear sediment from harbor entrances, and compete for contracts awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In its complaint, Curtin…