THE ESTATE OF ROBERT HAROLD LEE, BY AND THROUGH ET AL VS. NIMA MOMENI ET AL

Set for Law and Motion/Discovery Calendar on Monday, July 27, 2026, Line 5.

3 - Defendant Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.'s demurrer to the seventh cause of action for invasion of privacy in the second amended complaint is overruled. The December 26, 2025 order sustaining Securitas' demurrer to the invasion of privacy claim in the complaint stated, quoting Catsouras v. Department of California Highway Patrol (2010) 181 Cal. App. 4th 856, 874 that plaintiffs were given leave to amend to allege "ultimate facts how the footage ... presented images for 'pure morbidity and sensationalism without legitimate public interest or law enforcement purpose.'" Paragraph 117 of the second amended complaint does just that by alleging that the footage "solely depicted BOB LEE's final dying moments while he was desperately seeking help to save his own life, visibly bleeding and leaving a trail of blood, and collapsing to the ground multiple times."

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