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2024.03.14 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action and PAGA Settlement 697
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.03.14
Excerpt: ... 15, 2023 as a class action. PAGA claims were added by amendment on June 2. The settlement would create a gross settlement fund of $220,000. The class representative payment to the plaintiff would be $7,000. Attorney's fees would be $73,333 (one -third of the settlement). Litigation costs would not exceed $15,000. The settlement administrator's costs are estimated at $8,000. PAGA penalties would be $30,000, resulting in a payment of $22,500 to th...
2024.03.14 Motion for Attorney Fees 142
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.03.14
Excerpt: ... resolved in t heir favor, it was the operative catalyst in securing the relief petitioners sought, namely the termination of the Tree Removal Agreement (TRA) between Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the City of Lafayette. Although petitioners' present motion does not limit itself to seeking an award against only PG&E (rather than the City), only PG&E has filed an opposition. The Court would have welcomed the City's input on the issu...
2024.03.14 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 679
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.03.14
Excerpt: ...mended complaint (FAC), namely count 3 (covenant of quiet enjoyment), count 4 (intentional infliction of emotional distress), and count 6 (covenant of good faith and fair dealing). The demurrer is sustained without leave to amend. FPI is given 21 days in which to a nswer the remaining causes of action against it. If plaintiff contests this tentative ruling to seek leave to amend, he should attend the hearing prepared to discuss in detail what am...
2024.03.14 Demurrer 253
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.03.14
Excerpt: ...violation of the California family rights act; (7) failure to provide meal & rest periods; (8) failure to provide overtime wages; (9) unfair business practices; (10) retaliation and wrongful termination in violation of public policy; and (11) intentional infliction of emotional distress. Defendant demurs to Plaintiff's causes of action for (1) disability harassment and (11) intentional infliction of emotional distress pursuant to Code of Civil ...
2024.03.07 Motion to Compel Arbitration 516
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.03.07
Excerpt: ...y, Western Surety Company for (1) breach of contract, (2) intentional misrepresentation, (3) false promise, (4) negligent misrepresentation, (5) accounting and refund, and (6) enforcement of contractor's license bond. Defendants Red Door, Zhobin Safdari, and Cynthia Safdari move to compel arbitration of Plaintiffs' claims and stay the action pending arbitration. Plaintiffs oppose the motion. For the following reasons, the motion is granted. Reque...
2024.03.07 Motion to Compel Arbitration 413
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.03.07
Excerpt: ... motion, though without separate argument or exposition. Plaintiff's opposition raises no points or arguments that would apply only to Amazon, nor does it make any arguments (aside from the filing date) as to why a ruling in EVLO's favor should not also apply to Am azon. Accordingly, the motion is granted for Amazon as well. Factual Background EVLO was a delivery service based in San Jose that began doing business on or about August 17, 2018, an...
2024.03.07 Motion for Summary Judgment 970
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.03.07
Excerpt: ...reekside") al leges it is the owner of an apartment complex in El Cerrito known as Creekside Walk Apartments (the "Project"). (Def. Sep. Stmt. ("SS") of Undisputed Material Facts ("UMFs") No. 2.) Creekside has filed two lawsuits concerning alleged construction defects a t the Project, one against the general contractor (which the parties and the SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MARTINEZ, CA DEPARTMENT...
2024.03.07 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 149
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.03.07
Excerpt: ...rom a Go ogle search it appears that it operates a restaurant in Brentwood. Plaintiff alleges that she worked at defendant in a non- exempt hourly job, though her job duties and dates of employment are not identified. The original complaint was filed on May 15, 2023 as a class action. There are no PAGA claims and the case is being settled on a class action basis. The settlement would create a gross settlement fund of $172,500. The class represe...
2024.03.07 Motion for Preliminary Approval and PAGA Settlement 624
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.03.07
Excerpt: ...iff worke d for defendant as a customer service representative between April and November 2019. The original complaint was filed on March 26, 2021 as a class action. It was amended to add a PAGA claim, and further amended again. The settlement would create a gross settlement fund of $910,000. The class representative payment to the plaintiff would be $7,500. Attorney's fees would be $303,333 (one -third of the settlement). Litigation costs would...
2024.02.29 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 357
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.29
Excerpt: ...d file an amend ed cross-complaint. If they decline to do so, Cross -Defendants' time to answer the surviving counts will run from then. Judicial Notice Cross- Defendants request Judicial Notice of a Lease and Lease Amendment between Cross -Defendant 1403 Locust Street LLC a nd Cross-Complainants Taleb and Abughaban. The lease agreements are not attached to the cross -complaint but they are directly referred to in it, and are the basis for two o...
2024.02.29 Motion for Approval of PAGA Settlement 333
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.29
Excerpt: ...ney's fe es, litigation costs, administration costs, and representative payment. The motion is granted with a modification. A. Background of the Case and Terms of Settlement This a PAGA case (not a class action), alleging a variety of violations of the Labor Code c oncerning failure to provide rest and meal breaks, failure to pay minimum wages and overtime, and cascading derivative violations. In particular, plaintiff asserts alleged violations ...
2024.02.29 Motion for Attorney Fees, to Strike and Tax Costs 872
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.29
Excerpt: ..., however: T he Court believes that the analysis provided below should assist the parties in resolving most if not all of the open points of debate, and should provide a road map for how the sides can go about getting to a bottom -line result as to fees. Accordingly, the parties are SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MARTINEZ, CA DEPARTMENT 12 JUDICIAL OFFICER: CHARLES S TREAT HEARING DATE: 02/29/2024 39 directed to engage in subst...
2024.02.29 Motion to Compel Arbitration 405
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.29
Excerpt: ...igence, int entional misrepresentation, and negligent misrepresentation. Defendants Shapell Industries and Toll Brothers move to compel arbitration of Plaintiff's claims and stay the action pending arbitration. Plaintiff opposes the motion. For the following reasons, the motion is granted. Request for Judicial Notice Defendants' unopposed request for judicial notice is granted. (Evid. Code §§ 452, 453.) Analysis Legal Standard on Motions to Com...
2024.02.29 Motion to Compel Arbitration 524
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.29
Excerpt: ...levant time s” as an hourly-paid or nonSUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MARTINEZ, CA DEPARTMENT 12 JUDICIAL OFFICER: CHARLES S TREAT HEARING DATE: 02/29/2024 22 exempt employee. While Defendant is a Utah limited liability company, Plaintiff worked for Defendant in California. In May 2022, Defendant required all new employees to agree to the terms of a 25 -page document containing various policies and agreements titled the “Ap...
2024.02.29 Petition to Compel Arbitration 498
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.29
Excerpt: ...ns alleging various v iolations of the Labor Code. This case, No. C23 -02498, is filed as a class action. The other, No. C23 - 03184, is filed as a PAGA -only case, but asserts essentially the same set of violations of the law. Although the cases would call for different treatment if AAA's motion to compel arbitration were to be granted, the cases raise essentially the same issues. Defendant's motion is denied. A court must order arbitration if...
2024.02.22 Petition for Writ of Mandate 579
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.22
Excerpt: ...nt City's certification of the P lan Orinda Final Environmental Impact Report/Responses to Comments on the Draft EIR ("FEIR") in connection with the approval of zoning modifications and general plan amendments (the "Project" or "Plan Orinda") approved on January 31, 2023. (Administrative Record ("AR") 1-116.) OSEE contends the City failed to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources C...
2024.02.22 Motion to Vacate Order to Compel Arbitration 164
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.22
Excerpt: ... governing these employment relationships at the time of the asserted claims. Plaintiff thereafter filed a claim in arbitration with the American Arbitration Association (AAA). Defendant has refused to participate in that arbitration proceeding, to respond to the arbitra tion claim, or to pay AAAA's fees. Hence, plaintiff has filed the present motion to vacate the Court's prior order compelling arbitration, asking instead that this case proceed...
2024.02.22 Motion for Final Approval of Class Actions and PAGA Settlement 390
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.22
Excerpt: ...s member s. None of the packets was returned as undeliverable. No objections or requests to opt out have been received. The motion is granted. A. Background and Settlement Terms The pleadings do not identify what business defendant is in, but from its website it is apparently in the business of locating buried utility lines for construction. The complaint alleges that plaintiff was employed at defendant during the relevant period, though it does ...
2024.02.22 Motion for Attorney Fees 943
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.22
Excerpt: ...P ruling tha t denied defendant's anti -SLAPP motion in part. Any renewal or amendment of the motion will be deemed timely by relation back to this motion. This case arises from a dispute between plaintiff SMP Construction and defendant Donna Holsten. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY MARTINEZ, CA DEPARTMENT 12 JUDICIAL OFFICER: CHARLES S TREAT HEARING DATE: 02/22/2024 22 Holsten hired SMP to do some foundation work on her home. A...
2024.02.22 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 873
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.22
Excerpt: ...ey do not do so, Mitchell is given a further 28 days after that in which to answer the remaining counts of the cross -complaint. Background and the Pleadings This case arises from the buyout of plaintiff Mitchell's majority ownership in SPC, a painting contracting busine ss. SPC was founded by Mitchell and run by him until 2019. It encountered a number of business difficulties, including incurring substantial losses; being subject to an audit con...
2024.02.22 Demurrer to SAC, Joinder 498
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.22
Excerpt: ...h, the demurrer by Budde and Ross to the first and second causes of action is sustained without leave to amend. If plaintiff contests the tentative to seek leave to amend, he should come to the hearing prepared to discuss in detail what he has in mind and how it will be sufficient. Budde does not demur to the third cause of action for negligence, which is asserted only against Ross. To the extent that Ross's cursory filing can be taken as demur...
2024.02.22 Demurrer to FAC 776
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.22
Excerpt: ...s denied as to the first and eleventh causes of action. If plaintiff contests this tentative to seek leave to amend those counts, he should come to the hearing prepared to discuss in detail how he proposes to amend, and how that will suffice. Because this is the firs t challenge to the complaint, plaintiff is given leave to amend as to all remaining causes of action. Plaintiff shall file and serve any amended complaint by March 21, 2024. Shoul...
2024.02.15 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class and PAGA Action 503
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.15
Excerpt: ...as clean ers in 2020 and 2021. The case's procedural history is a little complicated. The original complaint was filed by plaintiff Grande on November 12, 2021 as a class action. PAGA claims were added by amendment in January 2022. However, upon presentation to pla intiff of an arbitration provision, plaintiff dismissed her class and individual claims, narrowing the case to a representative PAGA claim, and the parties stipulated to stay the case...
2024.02.15 Demurrer to FAC 617
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.15
Excerpt: ...Mirda (2007 ) 147 Cal.App.4th 740, 747.) In a demurrer proceeding, the defects must be apparent on the face of the pleading or via proper judicial notice. (Donabedian v. Mercury Ins. Co. (2004) 116 Cal.App.4th 968, 994.) "A demurrer tests the pleading alone, and not o n the evidence or facts alleged." (E -Fab, Inc. v. Accountants, Inc. Servs. (2007) 153 Cal.App.4th 1308, 1315.) Accordingly, the court assumes the truth of the complaint'...
2024.02.08 Motion to Compel Responses 807
Location: Contra Costa
Judge: Treat, Charles S
Hearing Date: 2024.02.08
Excerpt: ... Þrst sets of form interrogatories to each plainti¯, served on or about April 26, 2023; and (2) defendant's Þrst sets of requests for production of documents to each plainti¯, served on or about May 7, 2023. Within ten days thereafter, plainti¯s are ordered to produce all responsive documents, without objections. These discovery requests were served last April and May. Purported responses were served last August. The responses, however, w...

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