James Bettles v. Toyota Motor Corporation

Case 2:21-cv-07560-ODW-AFM Document Filed 12/13/ Page 1 of Page ID #:436

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11 JAMES BETTLES, Case No. 2:21-cv-07560-ODW (AFMx) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S

v.

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT [54]

15 TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION et 16 al., 17 Defendants. 18 19 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff James Bettles brings this putative class action against Defendants 22 Toyota Motor Corporation (“TMC”) and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (“TMS”) 23 arising from an alleged defect in the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning 24 (“HVAC”) systems of certain vehicle models. (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”), ECF 25 No. 53.) Toyota now moves to dismiss Bettles’s First Amended Complaint pursuant to 26 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 12(b)(6). (Mot. Dismiss FAC (“Mot.” or 27 28 Case 2:21-cv-07560-ODW-AFM Document Filed 12/13/ Page 2 of Page ID #:437

1 “Motion”), ECF No. 54-1.)…