NICOLE DECKER ET AL VS. SURF MOTEL ET AL

Real Property/Housing Court Law and Motion Calendar for June 5, 2025 line 2. DEFENDANT NARANJI PATEL DEMURRER TO COMPLAINT to the first and third through seventh causes of action in the complaint is SUSTAINED without leave to the first cause of action for battery and the fifth cause of action for private nuisance and SUSTAINED with fifteen days leave to amend to the third cause of action for IIED, the fourth cause of action for concealment, the sixth cause of action for public nuisance, and the seventh cause of action for breach of contract.

The battery claim fails to state a cause of action and there is no reasonable possibility of an amendment to do so because the failure to act does not constitute a battery under California law. The private nuisance claim fails to state a cause of action and there is no reasonable possibility of an amendment to do so because a hotel lodger lacks a sufficient property interest to sue for private nuisance. (Venuto v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. (1971) 22 Cal.App.3d 116, 125). The IIED, concealment, public nuisance and contract claims fail because plaintiffs have alleged conclusions, not ultimate facts, to support the required elements of those claims. =(501/HEK)

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