Marcie Hamilton v. JUUL Labs, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARCIE HAMILTON, Case No. 20-cv-03710-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND
v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANT’S
MOTION TO DISMISS
JUUL LABS, INC., Docket Nos. 33, 34 Defendant.
12 13 Plaintiff Marcie Hamilton filed this lawsuit against her former employer, Defendant Juul Labs, Inc. (“Juul”), seeking civil penalties and injunctive relief related to alleged unlawful policies and various separation agreements. Complaint, Docket No. 1. Ms. Hamilton alleged that these policies and agreements violated the California Labor Code. Juul moved to dismiss the complaint, which this Court granted in part and denied in part. See Order (Docket No. 23). Counts 1-4 were dismissed without prejudice for failure to state a claim under Edwards v. Arthur Andersen LLP, 44 Cal. 4th 937 (2008); counts 5-6 survived the motion to dismiss because Plaintiff sufficiently pled a claim under California Labor Code § 432.5, and thereby stated a plausible…