Shanmugam
Shanmugam v. Mercedes-Benz USA LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 ARULSENTHILK SHANMUGAM, an No. 2:20-cv-01647 individual, and SUJAI SHANMUGASUNDARAM, an individual, Plaintiffs, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:
DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
v. JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability Company, and DOES 1 through 20, inclusive, 18 Defendants.
20 ----oo0oo---- 21 Plaintiffs Arulsenthilk Shanmugam and Sujai 22 Shanmugasundaram (“plaintiffs”) brought this action against 23 Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC (“Mercedes-Benz”), seeking damages for 24 breach of implied warranty of merchantability and express 25 warranty under the Song-Beverly Warranty Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 26 1792, et seq., and fraudulent inducement/concealment. (See 27 generally Compl.) (Docket No. 1 at Ex. 2.) Mercedes-Benz has 28 moved for judgment on the pleadings with respect to plaintiffs’ claim for fraudulent inducement/concealment and plaintiffs’ prayer for punitive damages. (See Mot. for J. on…