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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 San Francisco Division 11 JANELLE ALLEN, et al., Case No. 19-cv-02657-LB

12 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING THIRD-PARTY

13 v. DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

14 BARULICH, DUGONI, AND SUTTMANN Re: ECF No. 28 LAW GROUP, INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 Four employees of a law firm, Barulich, Dugoni, and Suttmann Law Group, Inc. (“BDS”), 19 filed suit under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the California Fair Employment 20 and Housing Act (“FEHA”) against BDS.1 The plaintiffs allege that the air in their offices became 21 contaminated with dust and debris from improper construction work on the floor above them, 22 causing asthma attacks, ear infections, and upper-respiratory infections, and that BDS belittled 23 their health conditions and refused to provide reasonable accommodations such as allowing them 24 to work from home or wear respiratory masks. BDS, in turn, filed a third-party complaint for…