Franey
Franey v. American Battery Solutions Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division CATHERINE FRANEY, Case No. 22-cv-03457-LB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS OR TRANSFER
AMERICAN BATTERY SOLUTIONS Re: ECF No. 11 INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff worked for defendant Subhash Dhar, the CEO of defendant American Battery Solutions, Inc. (ABS). She claims that Mr. Dhar sexually harassed her and created a hostile work environment and that ABS allowed the harassment to occur and retaliated against her when she resisted Mr. Dhar’s advances.1 The defendants are Michigan citizens.2 The plaintiff worked for ABS in Michigan starting in January 2019, but she moved to San Francisco in April 2020, where she has lived since. ABS fired her in May 2022.3 The defendants moved to dismiss for lack of 24
1 Compl. – ECF No. 1. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (ECF); pinpoint citations are to the…