Sohn v. Oriental Mission Church CA2/3
Plaintiff and appellant Carl James Sohn (Sohn), an attorney, filed the present action to recover unpaid legal fees from defendants and respondents Oriental Mission Church (Church) and its senior pastor, Hyung Jim Bob Park (Park), (collectively, Defendants). Defendants demurred, asserting that the complaint on its face disclosed the action was time-barred. The trial court sustained the demurrer without leave to amend and entered a judgment of dismissal.
We conclude the trial court erred in sustaining Defendants’ demurrer on statute of limitations grounds. Sohn’s causes of action for breach of written contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, governed by a four-year statute of limitations, are timely and must be reinstated. As for Sohn’s other causes of action—breach of oral contract, quantum meruit, and negligent misrepresentation—Sohn adequately alleged that Defendants are equitably estopped to assert the statute of limitations defense.
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