Vidal

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND1

I. Facts

In 2007, Jacqueline Vidal (plaintiff) started working as a secretary for Adrian Jang (Jang)2 and Michael H. Lee (Lee), who jointly owned a company called People’s Financial, Inc. Plaintiff provided ledger sheets showing her employment between May 14, 2007, and September 14, 2007.

II. Procedural Background

On May 15, 2018, plaintiff sued Jang, Lee and People’s Financial, Inc. (collectively, defendants) for the intentional tort of “refus[ing] to pay” her wages. She sought $96,000. On June 3, 2021, Jang filed a motion for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff’s lawsuit was time-barred because it was filed nearly 11 years after she left his employ. In opposing the motion, the sole evidence plaintiff tendered were declarations from herself and her husband, in which they both indicated that Jang would call “every three or six months” with

Plaintiff, who is proceeding pro se, did not provide any pertinent documents from the trial court that would enable us to evaluate the merits of her appeal. Rather than declare her appeal to be waived, we ordered the pertinent documents from the trial court and now take judicial…