Opinion
Jamie Wrage, Stefanie G. Field, Jeff Olsen, GRESHAM SAVAGE NOLAN & TILDEN, A Professional Corporation Riverside, CA, Attorneys for Defendant, THE LAMAR COMPANY, LLC
Randy Rumph, Esq., Attorneys for Plaintiff, KRIS FARENGA.
STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR THE DISMISSAL DEFENDANT THE LAMAR COMPANY, LLC WITHOUT PREJUDICE, ORDER SUBSTITUTING "DOE 1" DEFENDANT, and ORDER ADDING DEFEDANT TO THE DOCKET
ANTHONY W. ISHII, District Judge.
TO THE DISTRICT COURT AND ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
Plaintiff Kris Farenga ("Plaintiff") and Defendant The Lamar Company, LLC ("Defendant" or "The Lamar Company") stipulate as follows through their undersigned counsel of record:
WHEREAS, Plaintiff erroneously identified "The Lamar Company, LLC" in her complaint as her employer.
WHEREAS, Plaintiff was employed by Lamar Central Outdoor, LLC, doing business as "The Lamar Companies."
WHEREAS, Defendant is a Louisiana company with its principal place of business in Louisiana.
WHEREAS, Defendant conducts no business in California, did not employ Plaintiff, and had no involvement in her working conditions or termination; therefore, there is no basis for jurisdiction against it in California and it is not the correct party to Plaintiff's complaint.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED,
1. Plaintiff hereby names Lamar Central Outdoor, LLC, a Delaware company with its principal place of business in Louisiana, doing business in California as "The Lamar Companies, " as Doe 1.
2. Plaintiff and Defendant consent to the dismissal of Defendant The Lamar Company, LLC, without prejudice.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
ORDER
Accordingly, in light of the stipulation of the parties, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Defendant The Lamar Company, LLC is DIMISSED from this case without prejudice;
2. Lamar Central Outdoor, LLC, a Delaware company with its principal place of business in Louisiana, doing business in California as "The Lamar Companies, " is substituted as a defendant in place of "Doe 1"; and
3. The Clerk shall add "Lamar Central Outdoor, LLC, a Delaware company d/b/a The Lamar Companies'" as a Defendant.
IT IS SO ORDERED.