Whitlach

Filed 11/18/22 Whitlach v. Premier Valley CA5

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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

FIFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT

JAMES R. WHITLACH,

F082322

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Super. Ct. No. CV-19-005627) v.

PREMIER VALLEY, INC. et al., OPINION Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County. John D. Freeland, Judge. Clapp & Lauinger, James F. Clapp and Marita Lauinger; Wynne Law Firm and Edward J. Wynne; Altshuler Berzon and Michael Rubin, for Plaintiff and Appellant. Arena Hoffman, Ronald D. Arena, Conor D. Mack and Michael Moore, for Defendant and Respondent Premier Valley, Inc. O’Melveny & Myers, Apalla U. Chopra, Adam J. Karr, Andrew Lichtenstein, Jason Zarrow and Anton Metlitsky, for Defendant and Respondent Century 21 Real…