Overview
- Derulo filed an answer with affirmative defenses on August 25 denying wrongdoing and asking the court to throw out the case.
- The suit, filed May 8 by brothers Juan and Alvaro Zetina, names Derulo, his parents, PePe Construction and others for negligence, emotional distress, wrongful termination and labor violations.
- Plaintiffs say Alvaro fell from allegedly defective scaffolding on March 12, 2024, was taken from urgent care to Cedars-Sinai, and remained bedridden for six months before returning to work at lower pay.
- The complaint details pay practices, a workers’ compensation filing, a claimed demand for a liability waiver in exchange for continued pay, and Juan’s alleged firing after the waiver was refused.
- Derulo’s response argues third-party causation or an Act of God and alleges the brothers’ own negligence, while noting the case remains active and his family has not yet filed separate responses.