PAULSEN v. LOCAL NO. 856 OF INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
<script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1698443-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> <html > <head> <title>PAULSEN v</title> </head> <body> <div> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/><b >PAULSEN v. LOCAL NO. 856 OF INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS</b> <br/><b > </b> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/>Filed 3/18/11 <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/><b >CERTIFIED FOR PARTIAL PUBLICATION<a href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">*</a></b> <br/> <br/>IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA <br/> <br/>FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT <br/> <br/>DIVISION FOUR <br/> <br/> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 > <tr > <td width=319 valign=top > <br/>KATHLEEN PAULSEN et al. <br/> Plaintiffs and Appellants, <br/>v. <br/>LOCAL NO. 856 OF INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS et al., <br/> Defendants and Respondents. </td> <td width=319 valign=top > <br/> A126633 <br/> <br/> (Marin County <br/> Super. Ct. No. CV091167) <br/> </td> </tr> </table> <br/> <br/> Plaintiffs Kathleen Paulsen and others<a href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title="">[1]</a> appeal a judgment entered after the trial court sustained without leave to amend the demurrer of defendants Local No. 856 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (Local 856) and Joe Martinelli to plaintiffs' putative class action complaint. They contend on appeal that their action was not subject to the exclusive initial jurisdiction of the <a href="http://www.fearnotlaw.com/">Public Employment Relations Board</a> (PERB). We affirm. <br/><b >I. STANDARD OF REVIEW</b> <br/> Our standard of review when considering a challenge to an order granting a demurrer is well settled. â€