Lew-Williams

Filed 4/2/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION SEVEN

GAIL DEE LEW-WILLIAMS B330387

et al., (Los Angeles County Plaintiffs and Appellants, Super. Ct. No. 20STCV15993) v.

SEVANA PETROSIAN et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Terry A. Green, Judge. Reversed. Nick A. Alden for Plaintiffs and Appellants. Buchalter, Robert Collings Little and Michael B. Fisher for Defendants and Respondents Sevana Petrosian, Salina Ranjbar, Vana Mehrabian and Staforde Palmer. __________________________ Gail Dee Lew-Williams, as the surviving spouse and successor in interest of Wilbur Williams, Jr., M.D., and Wilbur Williams, M.D., Inc. (the Corporation; collectively, the Williams plaintiffs)1 appeal from the March 21, 2023 trial court order dismissing their claims asserted against Williams’s former business partner Sevana Petrosian and her associates Salina Ranjbar, Vana Mehrabian, and Staforde Palmer (collectively, the Petrosian defendants). Between 2014 and 2020 the Petrosian defendants operated a chain of medical spas where Williams…