Chastain
Chastain v. Howard
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ROBERT L. CHASTAIN, et al., Case No. 22-cv-06747-PCP
8 Plaintiffs,
ORDER DISMISSING ALL CLAIMS
9 v. WITH LEAVE TO AMEND
10 SUSAN L. HOWARD, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 13, 14, 15, 24. Defendants. 11
12 13 Plaintiffs Dr. Robert L. Chastain and Chastain Research Group, Inc. bring this action for 14 fraud, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, misrepresentation, and 15 negligence against Susan L. Howard and Harriet Major. Defendants have moved to dismiss 16 plaintiffs’ claims, and Ms. Howard has also moved to strike all claims under California’s Anti- 17 SLAPP law, Cal. Code Civ. Proc. § 425.16. For the reasons that follow, the motions to dismiss are 18 granted with leave to amend and the motion to strike is denied. 19 I. Background 20 The following facts are alleged in plaintiffs’ complaint and accepted as true for purposes of 21 defendants’ Rule 12(b)(6) motions. 22 Dr. Chastain founded R&C Consulting as a sole proprietorship in 1983. In…