On 09/12/2012 KARA SHELDON filed a Labor - Other Labor lawsuit against MICHAEL LOCK,ETAL. This case was filed in San Mateo County Superior Courts, Southern Branch Hall Of Justice And Records located in San Mateo, California. The Judges overseeing this case are Dylina, Steven L and Dylina, Steven L.. The case status is Disposed - Dismissed.
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09/12/2012
Disposed - Dismissed
San Mateo County Superior Courts
Southern Branch Hall Of Justice And Records
San Mateo, California
Dylina, Steven L
Dylina, Steven L.
KARA SHELDON
SHELDON, KARA
MICHAEL LOCK
TERRY LOCK
LOCK CHIROPRACTIC,INC.
LOCK, MICHAEL
LOCK, TERRY
TRINH, MAGGIE W
HAYES, AARON A
NOTICE (2) Comment NEDPS: NOTICE OF ENTRY OF DISMISSAL AND PROOF OF SERVICE FILED BY KARA SHELDON.
DISMISSAL Comment REQDEA: REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL OF ENTIRE ACTION WITH PREJUDICE FILED AND ENTERED.
CMC NOTICE Judicial Officer Dylina Steven L Comment CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
STATEMENT (2) Comment CMS: CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FILED BY MICHAEL LOCK TERRY LOCK, LOCK CHIROPRACTIC,INC..
STATEMENT Comment CMS: CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT FILED BY KARA SHELDON.
ATTORNEY (3) Comment SAT: SUBSTITUTION OF ATTORNEY FILED. FORMER ATTORNEY ROBERT I. SIMON REMOVED AS TO TERRY LOCK AND REPLACED WITH ATTORNEY AARON A HAYES.
ATTORNEY (2) Comment SAT: SUBSTITUTION OF ATTORNEY FILED. FORMER ATTORNEY ROBERT I. SIMON REMOVED AS TO LOCK CHIROPRACTICINC. AND REPLACED WITH ATTORNEY AARON A HAYES.
ATTORNEY Comment SAT: SUBSTITUTION OF ATTORNEY FILED. FORMER ATTORNEY ROBERT I. SIMON REMOVED AS TO MICHAEL LOCK AND REPLACED WITH ATTORNEY AARON A HAYES.
DENIAL Comment GD: (S) GENERAL DENIAL TO THE COMPLAINT OF SHELDON FILED BY MICHAEL LOCK TERRY LOCK, LOCK CHIROPRACTIC, INC., REPRESENTED BY ROBERT I. SIMON
NOTICE Comment NAR: NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT OF SHELDON AS TO TERRY LOCK FILED. SIGNED BY: ROBERT I SIMON. DATE SIGNED: 10/12/12
FILING Comment FILED: DECLARATION OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE FILED.
PROOF OF SERVICE Comment PSQS: PROOF OF SERVICE (QUESTIONABLE SERVICE) OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT OF SHELDON AS TO LOCK CHIROPRACTIC INC. FILED. SERVICE QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE NO TITLE OF PARTY SERVED (#3A).
FILING (2) Comment FILED: DECLARATION OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE FILED.
PROOF OF SERVICE (2) Comment PS: PROOF OF SERVICE (PERSONAL) OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT OF SHELDON SERVED ON MICHAEL LOCK WITH SERVICE DATE OF 09/28/12.
SUMMONS Comment S30IF: 30 DAY SUMMONS ISSUED AND FILED.
COVERSHEET Comment CCS: CIVIL CASE COVERSHEET RECEIVED
COMPLAINT Comment COM: (S) COMPLAINT FILED
Disposition: Judgment; Judgment Type; Dismissal - Other Dismissal; Party; Name: LOCK CHIROPRACTICINC.; Comment: 0001 COMPLAINT; Party; Name: LOCK, TERRY; Comment: 0001 COMPLAINT; Party; Name: LOCK, MICHAEL; Comment: 0001 COMPLAINT; Party; Name: SHELDON, KARA; Comment: 0001 COMPLAINT.
Conversion Hearing. Additional Info: Comment CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Case Management Conference. Additional Info: Hearing Time 9:00 AM Cancel Reason Vacated Comment Dept: 7 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
Conversion Action. Additional Info: NOTICE (2) Comment NEDPS: NOTICE OF ENTRY OF DISMISSAL AND PROOF OF SERVICE FILED BY KARA SHELDON.
Request for Dismissal of - WITH prejudice in its entirety. Additional Info: DISMISSAL Comment REQDEA: REQUEST FOR DISMISSAL OF ENTIRE ACTION WITH PREJUDICE FILED AND ENTERED.
Conversion Action. Additional Info: Comment COMM: PER PLTF ATTY: PARTIES TO MEDIATE 4/9; WILL FILE SETTLEMENT IF SUCCESSFUL.
10 Day Reminder Notice to file Stipulation and Order to ADR. Additional Info: Comment ADRSTP: PRINT ADR STIPULATION DUE NOTICE.
Notice of referral to ADR and Notice to file Stipulation and. Additional Info: Comment ADRREF: PRINT ADR REFERRAL LETTER. ADR CASE CATEGORY: OTHER EMPLOYMENT.
Conversion Minute. Additional Info: Comment COM1: - 6 -
Conversion Minute. Additional Info: Comment MICMS: ENTERED BY C LYSSAND ON 02/20/13.
New Filed Case.
Summons Issued / Filed. Additional Info: SUMMONS Comment S30IF: 30 DAY SUMMONS ISSUED AND FILED.
Civil Case Cover Sheet. Additional Info: COVERSHEET Comment CCS: CIVIL CASE COVERSHEET RECEIVED
Conversion Minute. Additional Info: Comment *FEE: 120917-0630-CK 194/ 435.00 PAYMT
Complaint. Additional Info: COMPLAINT Comment COM: (S) COMPLAINT FILED
Financial info for SHELDON, KARA : Case Payment Receipt # 201302070445 SHELDON, KARA $150.00
Financial info for SHELDON, KARA : Transaction Assessment $150.00
Financial info for SHELDON, KARA : Case Payment Receipt # 201209170630 SHELDON, KARA $435.00
Financial info for SHELDON, KARA : Transaction Assessment $435.00
Financial: SHELDON, KARA; Total Financial Assessment $585.00; Total Payments and Credits $585.00
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MICHAEL A. FARBSTEIN (SB#107030) .
MAGGIE W. TRINH (SB#279604) .
A Professional Corporation 8AN MATEO COUNTY 411 Borel Avenue, Suite 425
San Mateo, California 94402-3518 SEP 13 2012 Telephone: (650) 554-6200
Facsimile: §650 554-6240
Attorneys for Plaintiff
Civ516673 KARA SHELDON, CASE NO. Plaintiff, COMPLAINT FOR WAGES AND
VS. MICHAEL LOCK, TERRY LOCK, and LOCK CHIROPRACTIC, INC,, and DOES 1 through 15, inclusive, Defendants. BY FAX Plaintiff KARA SHELDON (sometimes referred to herein as “PLAINTIFF”) files this complaint against MICHAEL LOCK, TERRY LOCK, LOCK CHIROPRACTIC,
INC. and Does 1-15, inclusive, (collectively referred to as “Defendants™), based upon the
following allegations:
1. PLAINTIFF Kara Sheldon is natural person and is currently a resident of San " Francisco County in California. 2. During most of the relevant times herein, PLAINTIFF was a resident of San Mateo County and the majority of the events which form the substance of this complaint
occurred in San Mateo County.
PLAINTIFF was employed by Defendantg from approximately August 2010 to approximately December 5, 2011, primarily in the home of Defendants MICHAEL LOCK and TERRY LOCK in Hillsborough, California in San Mateo County.
Prior to her employment by Defendants, PLAINTIFF was a resident of the state of Hawaii.
Defendant MICHAEL LOCK, is an adult and a resident of Hillsborough, California at all times relevant to this Complaint.
Defendant TERRY LOCK is an adult and a resident of Hillsborough, California at
.all times relevant to this Complaint.
Defendant LOCK CHIROPRACTIC, INC. is a corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, with its principal place of business in San Francisco, California. PLAINTIFF is informed and believes, and thereon alleges, that LOCK CHIROPRACTIC is owned and operated wholly or in part by Defendants MICHAEL LOCK and TERRY LOCK.
PLAINTIFF is further informed and believes, and thereon alleges. that there exists and has existed a unity of ownership and interest between the corporate and individual defendants such that any individuality and separateness between them have ceased, and that each such Defendant is the alter ego of the other. The defendants commingled funds and other assets, using LOCK CHIROPRACTIC as a mere shell or conduit for the affairs of the individual defendants. Adherence to the fiction of the separate existence of the corporate defendant as an entity distinct from the individual defendants would permit an abuse of the limited corporate immunities and privileges and would sanction fraud and promote injustice and bad faith.
The true names and capacities of Defendants sued in the Complaint under the fictitious name of DOES 1 through 15, inclusive, are unknown to PLAINTIFF who therefore sues defendants by such fictitious names. PLAINTIFF will amend this
complaint to allege their true names and capacities when ascertained. PLAINTIFF
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is informed and believes, and thereon alleges, that each of said fictitiously named Defendants is responsible in some manner for the occurrences alleged herein, and that PLAINTIFF’s injuries as herein alleged were proximately caused by such | unlawful conduct.
10. PLAINTIFF is informed and believes and thereon alleges that at all relevant times, each Defendant acted as an agent or representative of each of the other Defendants and acted within the course and scope of said agency or representation with respect to the causes of action in this Complaint. Defendants, and each of them, are the employers herein complained of, and supervising over PLAINTIFF, and therefore Defendants, and each of them, are liable for the statutory violations conducted by their agents, employees and superiors, under the theory of respondeat superior.
11. PLAINTIFF brings this action pursuant to and under the provisions of the California Labor Code, orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission, and other common and statutory laws.
12. The amount in controversy exceeds the minimum jurisdictional threshold of this Court.
13. PLAINTIFF has complied with, or is excused from, any and all necessary
administrative exhaustion requirements, if any.
14. In or about February 2009, PLAINTIFF met Defendant TERRY LOCK. At the time, she was working at Yogurt Mama in Hawaii, which is owned by Defendant
15. InJuly 2010, Defendant TERRY LOCK asked PLAINTIFF to move to California, and be a “live-in nanny” for her and her husband Defendant MICHAEL LOCK’s two children in San Francisco, California. Defendants represented that her pay would be $600 per month, and that she would also be able to attend school, with
defendants providing with $300 towards school once a semester. She was also told
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On Monday, December 5, 2011, DEFENDANTS abruptly informed PLAINTIFF she must leave immediately. She was not allowed to bring her belongings with her or given time to pack them; Defendant MICHAEL LOCK told her he would bring her things when she found a place to live. PLAINTIFF was not given a work performance reason for her termination. Rather, it appeared that Defendant TERRY LOCK had made the decision to terminate her employment for arbitrary and capricious reasons.
Defendant MICHAEL LOCK then took PLAINTIFF to the train station and abandoned her there.
Defendants MICHAEL LOCK and TERRY LOCK have made no attempt to pay PLAINTIFF the wages that are due to her under the wage and hour laws of the State of California, despite a demand made upon them.
Defendants would pay the PLAINTIFF either by personal check or by check from LOCK CHIROPRACTIC. Defendants MICHAEL LOCK AND TERRY LOCK are the owners of Defendant LOCK CHIROPRACTIC, INC., which issued PLAINTIFF’s W-2 for the year of 2011.
PLAINTIFF re-alleges and incorporates by reference all of the above paragraphs as if they were set forth in full. Throughout the period of PLAINTIFF’s employment with the defendants, she was paid less than the minimum wage required by law. As a direct and proximate cause of DEFENDANTS’ failure to pay PLAINTIFF the legal minimum wage for all periods of time she worked, PLAINTIFF has suffered damages in an amount to be proven at trial. Pursuant to Labor Code Section 1197.2, the conduct herein alleged entitles
PLAINTIFF to both restitution and liquidated damages equal to the amount of
unpaid wages DEFENDANTS owe PLAINTIFF, in addition to reasonable
attorney’s fees and costs of suit.
Wherefore, PLAINTIFF prays for damages as hereinafter set forth.
PLAINTIFF re-alleges and incorporates by reference all of the above paragraphs as if they were set forth in full. On at least one occasion during the statutory period, DEFENDANTS engaged,
| suffered, or permitted PLAINTIFF to work in excess of eight (8) hours in a day.
On at least one occasion during the statutory period, DEFENDANTS engaged, suffered, or permitted PLAINTIFF to work in excess of forty (40) hours in a week. DEFENDANTS have, to date, failed to pay PLAINTIFF for hours worked in excess of eight hours a day, including wages and overtime premiums as réquired for every hour of overtime that DEFENDANTS engaged, suffered, or permitted PLAINTIFF to work. ‘ |
As a result of the aforementioned violations, PLAINTIFF suffered harm and is entitled to recover the unpaid overtime compensation, including interest thereon, costs of suit, and reasonable attorneys’ fees, all in an amount to be determined at trial.
For the aforementioned violations, pursuant to Labor Code Section 558, PLAINTIFF is also entitled to recover penalties in the amount of fifty dollars ($50) for the first pay period in which she was deprived of overtime compensation, and one hundred dollars ($100) for each subsequent pay period in which she was
deprived of overtime compensation.
Wherefore, PLAINTIFF prays for damages as hereinafter set forth.
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. PLAINTIFF is therefore entitled to an amount of damages to be proven at trial.
Wherefore, PLAINTIFF prays for damages as hereinafter set forth.
PLAINTIFF re-alleges and incorporates by reference all of the above paragraphs as if they were set forth in full. Defendants made representations to PLAINTIFF about the kind and character of the work, as well as the compensation for work. Such representations were not true. Defendants made the representation that PLAINTIFF would be a “nanny” to the two children of Defendants MICHAEL LOCK and TERRY LOCK, as well as representations about the time off she would be allowed, the amount of compensation, and the conditions upon which she would live. Upon arrival at the home of Defendants MICHAEL LOCK and TERRY LOCK, PLAINTIFF found out that her tasks were mostly housekeeping tasks, and that her hours were long, and without sufficient time off. She was also not paid as represented. These representation were false; PLAINTIFF was instead put to work as a housekeeper cleaning the house, preparing meals, and only minimally acting as a “nanny” for the children. She was not paid for all of the long hours that she worked, and worked longer hours than she was initialiy told upon her arrival in California. DEFENDANTS, and each of them, knew that the representation was false when they made it or made the representation recklessly and without regard for its truth. DEFENDANTS, and each of them, intended that PLAINTIFF rely on the misrepresentation, and PLAINTIFF reasonably did so by moving to California to take the job, leaving behind her family and friends in Hawaii. PLAINTIFF was harmed by these misrepresentations, which were a substantial factor in causing the economic and non-economic harm to PLAINTIFF. Moreover,
the defendants’ conduct was fraudulent, oppressive and/or malicious, entitling the
PLAINTIFF to punitive damages. PLAINTIFF is therefore entitled to damages in
an amount to be proven at trial.
Wherefore, PLAINTIFF prays for damages as hereinafter set forth.
PLAINTIFF re-alleges and incorporates by reference all of the above paragraphs as if they were set forth in full. Defendants made representations to PLAINTIFF about the kind and character of the work, as well as the compensation for work. Such representations were not true. Defendants made the representation that PLAINTIFF would be a “nanny” to the two children of Defendants MICHAEL LOCK and TERRY LOCK, as well as representations about the time off she would be allowed, the amount of compensation, and the conditions upon which she would live. Upon arrival at the home of Defendants MICHAEL LOCK and TERRY LOCK, PLAINTIFF found out that her tasks were mostly housekeeping tasks, and that her hours were long, and without sufficient time off. She was also not paid as represented. DEFENDANTS made these representations without any reasonable grounds for believing the representation was true when it was made. PLAINTIFF reasonably relied on DEFENDANTS’ misrepresentation by moving to California to take the job, leaving behind her family and friends in Hawaii. PLAINTIFF was harmed by these misrepresentations, which were a substantial factor in causing the economic and non-economic harm to PLAINTIFF. Moreover, the defendants’ conduct was fraudulent, oppressive and/or malicious, entitling the PLAINTIFF to punitive damages. PLAINTIFF is therefore entitled to damages in
an amount to be proven at trial.
Wherefore, PLAINTIFF prays for damages as hereinafter set forth.
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