Hovsep Hagopian v. Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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United States District Court Central District of California
11 HOVSEP HAGOPIAN, et al., Case № 2:21-cv-02248-ODW (JDEx)
Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING
v. DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO
DISMISS [27]
14 TOYOTA MOTOR SALES, U.S.A., INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Hovsep Hagopian initiated this putative class action based on his 20 allegations the 2019 Lexus LC is equipped with a defective brake system that 21 “generates an extremely loud squealing noise” when the brakes are engaged. (First 22 Am. Compl. (“FAC”) ¶ 1, ECF No. 21.) Defendants Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A, Inc., 23 (“TMS”), and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. 24 (“TEMA”), collectively, (“Toyota”) move to dismiss for failure to state a claim. (Mot. 25 to Dismiss (“Mot.”), ECF No. 27.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court 26 GRANTS Toyota’s Motion.1 27 1 After carefully considering the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the 28 matter…