Edwards
Edwards v. FCA US LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STANLEY EDWARDS, Case No. 22-cv-01871-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS AND MOTION TO STRIKE
FCA US LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 14 Defendant.
12 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Stanley Edwards has brought six federal, state, and common law claims against defendant FCA US LLC (“FCA”), arising from FCA’s sale of an allegedly defective Jeep Cherokee. This motion involves FCA’s efforts to dismiss the sixth cause of action for “Fraudulent Inducement – Concealment” and to dismiss or strike Edwards’s claim for punitive damages. Because I conclude that the fraud claim is adequately pleaded and that it is not barred by the economic loss rule, I DENY FCA’s motion to dismiss and its derivative motion to dismiss or strike Edwards’s claim for punitive damages. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND In or around April of 2018, Edwards purchased a 2019 Jeep Cherokee (“Jeep”) from …