Pouran Mirtaheri al v. Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

I. Background

On March 4, 2020, Plaintiff filed a Complaint in the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles against Defendants Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., Apollo Global Management, Inc., John Doe 1, and Does 2 to 20. She brought two claims, for premises liability and general negligence. In the Complaint, Plaintiff alleges on July 23, 2019, she was at a Sprouts Farmers Market in Los Angeles, California and “slipped and fell on a slippery food substance,” causing her personal injury. (See Compl.) Plaintiff alleges Defendant John Doe 1 was an agent or employee of Defendants who “was in the immediate area of the dangerous condition and knew or should have known there was a slippery food substance on the floor, which created a dangerous condition.” (Id. at 5.)

Defendant SF Markets, LLC, erroneously sued and served as Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., removed the action to this Court on June 16, 2020 on the basis of diversity jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1332. In its Notice of Removal, Defendant SF Markets, LLC explains the incident giving rise to this lawsuit occurred in California, Plaintiff is a California resident, Defendant SF Markets, LLC is a limited liability company…