Labbe'

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Lane Labbe’, et al., No. 2:20-cv-01975-KJM-DMC Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Dometic Corporation, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 The plaintiffs allege Dometic Corporation’s refrigerators are defective fire hazards, and 18 they allege it has attempted to conceal this fact for many years. Dometic moves to dismiss the 19 plaintiffs’ fraud claims, to dismiss their request for punitive damages, and to strike several 20 allegations from the complaint. The motion to dismiss is denied, and the motion to strike is granted in part. 22 I. ALLEGATIONS Lane and Lisa Labbe’ operate a horse boarding and training facility on their ranch in Quincy, California. Compl. § 54, Notice of Removal Ex. B, ECF No. 1-2. They bought a used RV in July 2019 and parked it under the eaves of their historic barn, which was built by Scandinavian sailors in the 1850s. Jd. 52-54. They used the RV without any…