This article has been updated to include a response from The Terraces at Los Altos.
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
Daily Post Staff Writer
The owner of a mobile petting zoo is suing a senior living community in Los Altos for allegedly not paying her, even though she brought 20 “adorable” animals for residents to feed and interact with.
Dee Morgan, of San Ramon, said her company signed a contract with the Terraces at Los Altos to have a petting zoo from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 22.
Morgan said she charged $1,095 for the three-hour session with an estimated 150 seniors at 373 Pine Lane. Yet the Terraces at Los Altos and its CEO Preet Kaur have refused to pay her, Morgan said in her lawsuit filed on Thursday in Santa Clara County Superior Court.
Morgan said she was “met with excuses and new conditions not specified in the original agreement” and that Kaur “engaged in pattern of deception, delay and bad faith tactics.” Morgan asked for $500,000 for her anxiety and financial hardship.
James Park, a spokesman for the nonprofit that runs the senior community, said The Terraces at Los Altos has attempted to issue payment multiple times to Morgan but has yet to receive verified tax information.
“We are proud of our relationships with our vendor partners and we follow federal and state regulations in issuing payments, which includes obtaining accurate taxpayer information,” he said in an email.
The Terraces at Los Altos is run by HumanGood, a nonprofit that has more than 100 communities with 9,200 residents in California, Delaware, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington.
HumanGood focuses on very low-income seniors and is the sixth-largest nonprofit senior living provider in the United States, according to its website.
Morgan’s company is called Cute and Cuddlee Mobile Petting Zoo. She has different kinds of bunnies, mini pigs, ducks and baby goats and does events for up to 5,000 people across the entire Bay Area.
What a joke
I wasn’t aware that bunnies,goats,ducks,goats, etc.had Social Security numbers.
The tax information for the business, Einstein. Not the animals.
“Morgan asked for $500,000 for her anxiety and financial hardship.” For a $1,095 dispute?!! Hmm …
Yeah, that sounds pretty greedy to me. Someone’s not telling the whole truth.
And this request for payment whether it ewas for $1,100 or the $500,000 for anxiety and Financial Hardship is all for services that were never delivered. What a waste of time and energy.