Campbell v. FPI Management CA2/7
A group of former tenants of low-income housing units filed a putative class action against FPI Management, Inc., a property management company, alleging FPI had violated federal law by failing to provide at least 30 days’ notice before terminating their tenancies for failure to pay rent. The trial court granted class certification of the former tenants’ claims for wrongful termination of tenancy and violations of the unfair competition law (UCL) (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 17200 et seq.) and the Consumers Legal Remedies Act (CLRA) (Civ. Code, § 1750 et seq.). The former tenants then filed a fifth amended complaint asserting the same claims on behalf of two additional putative sister classes and moved for class certification of the new claims. After the case was transferred to a different judge, the court denied class certification of the new putative class claims and, upon reconsideration, vacated the prior order certifying the existing class claims. In the rulings class certification
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