Kuhn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LINDA KUHN, Case No. 19-cv-04021-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS

v. Re: Dkt. No. 48 L’OREAL USA S/D, INC., et al., Defendants.

Pending before the Court is Defendants’ motion to dismiss (Dkt. No. 48 (“Mot.”)) Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint (the “SAC,” Dkt. No. 32), for which briefing is complete. Dkt. Nos. 55 (“Opp.”), 57 (“Reply”). For the reasons articulated below, the Court GRANTS Defendants’ motion to dismiss the First Cause of Action (Strict Products Liability) with leave to amend. Plaintiff is required to differentiate which Defendant is the subject of Plaintiff’s various allegations.1 I. BACKGROUND This is a products liability case in which Plaintiff Linda Kuhn (“Plaintiff”) seeks to recover personal injury damages from Defendants based on an alleged explosion of a container of dry shampoo near Plaintiff’s foot. On May 5, 2017, Plaintiff’s daughter purchased a container of Matrix…