Andrade v. Dollar Tree Store
Filed 9/11/06 Andrade v. Dollar Tree Store CA4/3
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IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION THREE
| SANDRA ANDRADE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DOLLAR TREE STORES, INC., Defendant and Respondent. | G035781 (Super. Ct. No. 03CC00505) O P I N I O N |
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Orange County, David C. Velasquez, Judge. Reversed.
Langford & Langford, Michael S. Langford; Robert W. Skripko, Jr.; Walsh & Walsh and Michael J. Walsh for Plaintiff and Appellant.
Thelen Reid & Priest, Ann Kane Smith, David N. Buffington, Elizabeth H. Cudd and Curtis A. Cole for Defendant and Respondent.
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Sandra Andrade appeals the court's dismissal of a putative class action brought by Gary Edmisten against Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. (Dollar Tree), as well as the court's order denying Andrade leave to intervene in the case or to amend the Edmisten complaint to substitute herself as the plaintiff and class representative. We reverse.
FACTS
In the operative first amended complaint (the complaint) filed January 8, 2004, Edmisten sought â€
