California Court of Appeal

In a state action against a car wash, seeking to recover unpaid wages and penalties owed by a company that had operated a car wash at the same location before being evicted by the property owner, judgment in favor of the People is affirmed, where: 1) successor liability applied under Labor Code section 2066, as the plain meaning of "successor" is any entity defined in the four clauses of section 2066; 2) reliance on external definitions of "successor" would defeat the purpose of section 2066; and 3) section 2066 provides the necessary notice of the potential for successor liability for labor law violations, and so does not violate due process.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/16/2012
• Published 05/16/2012

Judges

• Kriegler

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Law Offices of Steven C. Kim, Jon M. Ichinaga