Gigi A. McDonald v. General Motors LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION

) Case No.: SACV 23-01584-CJC (DFMx)

GIGI A. MCDONALD, )

) ) ) ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S Plaintiff, ) MOTION TO REMAND [Dkt. 18] AND ) GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION v. ) TO DISMISS [Dkt. 12] WITH LEAVE ) TO AMEND GENERAL MOTORS, LLC and DOES ) ) 1 through 10, inclusive, ) ) ) Defendant. ) ) ) 19 I. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND 21 Plaintiff Gigi A. McDonald filed this case in state court alleging that Defendant General Motors, LLC (“GM”) failed to disclose a risk of battery fire with a Chevrolet Bolt she purchased in January 2020. (Dkt. 1-1 [Complaint, hereinafter “Compl.”] ¶¶ 7, 9.) Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that GM “falsely represented that…