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2020.05.19 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings 347
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.05.19
Excerpt: ...hase date. Defendants are therefore entitled to judgment in their favor.” MPA, p.9. Unfortunately, Defendant does not distinguish in its analysis between the delayed discovery rule as applied to express, as opposed to implied, warranties. Indeed, Defendant conflates the analysis. In its discussion of Plaintiff's claim for breach of express warranty, Defendant cites Mexia v. Rinker Boat Co. (2009) 174 Cal. App. 4th 1297, 1306 for the proposition...
2020.05.19 Motion for Entry of Judgment 526
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.05.19
Excerpt: ...tains the material terms. Weddington Productions, Inc. v. Flick, 60 Cal. App. 4th 793, 797 (2d Dist. 1998). The settlement agreement must be a valid and binding agreement according to contract principles. Kohn v. Jaymar‐Ruby, Inc., 23 Cal. App. 4th 1530, 1533 (1st Dist. 1994). “A settlement agreement, like any other contract, is unenforceable if the parties fail to agree on a material term or if a material term is not reasonably certain.” L...
2020.05.19 Motion for Determination of Attorney Fees 725
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.05.19
Excerpt: ...bly incurred following Defendant's May 2019 § 998 offer to repurchase the vehicle. According to Defendant, “all of the [] claimed costs and expenses incurred after the FCA May 3, 2019 good faith offer should be disallowed.” Opposition, p.9. However, additional fees were incurred after this date, at least in part, as a result of Defendant's failure to provide a specific repurchase amount in its offer. Plaintiff's counsel's efforts to determin...
2020.05.19 Demurrer 752
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.05.19
Excerpt: ... licensed attorney, cannot represent plaintiffs Marquetta and Marquel Benton. Plaintiffs Marquetta and Marquel Benton must represent themselves in pro per or they must get an attorney. As to the Fourth Cause of Action alleging a violation of the Ralph Act (Civ. Code § 51.7), the Demurrer is SUSTAINED WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND. Code Civ. Proc. § 430.010(e). As discussed in the case law cited by the parties, the Legislature enacted the Ralph Act pri...
2020.05.19 Demurrer 718
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.05.19
Excerpt: ..., for the reasons set forth below. 1 st COA for Declaratory Relief In their first cause of action, the Tangonans allege an “actual controversy” exists as to which party is entitled to the surplus funds from the foreclosure sale, and they seek a judicial determination as to “whether the written agreement is valid.” The Tangonans do not assert any grounds for declaratory relief. The issue of whether the Tangonans are entitled to surplus fun...
2020.05.19 Demurrer 416
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.05.19
Excerpt: ...e sufficient allegations in the complaint to establish partnership. A partnership is “an association of two or more persons to carry on as co‐owners a business for profit.” Holmes v. Lerner (1999) 74 Cal.App.4th 442, 453 citing the Uniform Partnership Act. While the sharing of profits or management or control are indicia of partnership, there are other elements can establish partnership. Id. at 456. For example, in Holmes, Pat Holmes was Sa...
2020.05.19 Demurrer 337
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.05.19
Excerpt: ...intiff's claims for the second cause of action for negligent misrepresentation, third cause of action for intentional misrepresentation, fourth cause of action for unfair business practices, and sixth cause of action for professional negligence were barred by the statute of limitations. For the second, third and sixth causes of action, there is no dispute that the longest statute of limitations is three years and that Plaintiff's complaint filed ...
2020.05.19 Demurrer 210
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.05.19
Excerpt: ... Court's order, which was not done, or answer, which was done. Weil & Brown, California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial § 7.152 et seq. (TRG 2019). Unlike the situation where a demurrer is sustained with leave to amend and the law is uncertain on whether a successive demurrer can be filed to the amended complaint, id. at § 7:139 et seq., the law does not allow successive demurrers when the initial demurrer has been overruled in its...
2020.05.19 Application for Writ of Possession 276
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.05.19
Excerpt: ...s wrongfully detained by Defendants, the manner in which Defendants came into possession of the property, and the reason for the detention. (See C.C.P. § 512.010(b)(2).) The contract for the vehicle was entered into between Towne Ford Sales and Jahnetics California, and the contract was then assigned by Towne Ford Sales to Plaintiff. (See Dunstan Decl., Exh. A.) However, Plaintiff now claims that the vehicle is in the possession of Defendants Ja...
2020.03.16 Demurrer 362
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.16
Excerpt: ...ot deemed filed merely by virtue of the Court granting leave to amend. A proposed amended pleading must be separately filed with the Clerk's office after leave to amend has been granted. Here, the “First Amended Cross‐Complaint” (FACC) at issue in this Motion to Strike has not been properly filed with the Court. The Court's 12‐5‐19 Order merely granted the Hogans leave to file it. However, notwithstanding this procedural defect, under t...
2020.03.13 Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement 872
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.13
Excerpt: ...e liability. The Moving Defendants have submitted only the declaration of their attorney, Daniel Cribbs. The declaration provides no facts, based on discovery or otherwise, relating to Plaintiff's anticipated recovery or Defendants' proportionate liability. As a result, the motion must be denied. Greshko v. County of Los Angeles (1987) 194 CA3d 822, 834; Mattco Forge, Inc. v. Arthur Young & Co. (1995) 38 CA4th 1337, 1351.” At the hearing, Movin...
2020.03.13 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 536
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.13
Excerpt: ...and then has taken the motion offcalendar, refiled it and continued the hearing date due to Plaintiff's counsel's medical issues. On January 17, 2020, this motion was set for hearing. Plaintiff filed no opposition, but after the date the opposition was due, Plaintiff's counsel requested a continuance for medical reasons. Over defense objections on the basis that the hearing had been continued previously and defense counsel did not want to incur u...
2020.03.13 Petition to Compel Arbitration, Stay Proceedings 747
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.13
Excerpt: ...written agreement to arbitrate a controversy and that a party thereto refuses to arbitrate such controversy, the court shall order the petitioner and the respondent to arbitrate the controversy if it determines that an agreement to arbitrate the controversy exists, unless it determines that: (a) The right to compel arbitration has been waived by the petitioner; or (b) Grounds exist for the revocation of the agreement. (c) A party to the arbitrati...
2020.03.12 Motion to Amend Judgment 840
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.12
Excerpt: ...e Civ. Proc. § 187. On 1‐29‐19, Plaintiff Homma, Inc. filed a Motion to Amend Judgment to Add Mr. Yoshiro Mikumo as an additional Judgment Debtor, pursuant to Code Civ. Proc. § 187. The initial 3‐14‐ 19 hearing date was thereafter continued multiple times, in part to allow Yoshiro Mikumo additional time to retain counsel to represent him in his personal capacity. On 6‐19‐19, the Court published a Tentative Ruling indicating its inte...
2020.03.12 Motion for Summary Judgment 463
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.12
Excerpt: ...gree, an action against an attorney for a wrongful act or omission, other than for actual fraud, arising in the performance of professional services shall be commenced within one year after plaintiff discovers, or through the use of reasonable diligence should have discovered, the facts constituting the wrongful act or omission, or four years from the date of the wrongful act or omission, whichever occurs first.” Code of Civ. Proc. § 340.6(a)....
2020.03.12 Motion for Entry of Judgment 764
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.12
Excerpt: ...iscloses that she currently owns and/or has a potential beneficial interest as of February 28, 2020 of about $2,700 in Travelers Cos., Inc. Further, she discloses that she has a niece and nephew that work for Travelers Insurance Company, which may be a related company to plaintiff. The motion for entry of judgment, filed by Plaintiff Travelers Property Casualty Company of America is DENIED. To qualify for enforcement or entry of judgment under Co...
2020.03.12 Application for Writ of Attachment 235
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.12
Excerpt: ...ment, the Court continued the matter to March 12, 2020 and allowed Defendants to respond to the objections. After further review of the application and all documents, the Court rules as follows. Plaintiff's evidentiary objections to the Declarations of Laurie Morgan and Andrew Engler are OVERRULED. The declaration of Laurie Morgan is based upon her personal review of nonhearsay materials and expert opinion; the Court finds she satisfies the requi...
2020.03.02 Motion to Strike Punitive Damages 789
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.02
Excerpt: ...“could reasonably infer that defendants acted in callous disregard of plaintiffs' rights, knowing that their conduct was substantially certain to vex, annoy, and injure plaintiffs. Such behavior justifies the award of punitive damages.” Farmy v. College Housing, Inc. (1975) 48 Cal.App.3d 166, 176 (italics in original omitted). “Oppression for which punitive damages may be awarded ‘means subjecting a person to cruel and unjust hardship in ...
2020.03.02 Motion to Compel Compliance with Third Party Business Records Subpoena 411
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.02
Excerpt: ...PARTY BUSINESS RECORDS SUBPOENA The Petition/Motion to Compel Compliance with Third Party Business Records Subpoena is GRANTED IN PART. First, to the extent that Third Party Exponent, Inc. (“Exponent”) objects that this Petition/Motion is untimely under C.C.P. section 2025.480(b), the court finds this argument unpersuasive. C.C.P. section 2025.480(b) provides that a motion under this section shall be made no later than 60 days after the compl...
2020.03.02 Motion for Summary Judgment 497
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.02
Excerpt: ...“No [] special relationship exists . . . that can impose a duty on Defendants to prevent any harm that may befall the Plaintiffs in this type of situation, where a simple employee, while off the clock, goes on to commit a personally motivated criminal act.” MPA, p.13‐14. This characterization of events is contrary to Plaintiffs' allegations in the complaint that “Defendants gave access to their employee to a private home which said employ...
2020.03.02 Motion for Protective Order 871
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.03.02
Excerpt: ...ng evidence to show that discovery as to matters occurring from 2006 through 2009 are not relevant or likely to lead to any jurisdictional evidence. Since Continental has failed to show that that the design of the engine did not occur before 2010, then it has not shown Topics 1 and 2 cannot cover the prior years (as early as 2006). Further to show specific jurisdiction, the plaintiff must show that the cause of action “arises out of” or is �...
2020.02.27 Demurrer 539
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.02.27
Excerpt: ... interest of about $55,000 of JP Morgan Chase & Co. stock. Plaintiff/Cross‐Defendant U.S. Bank National Association's Demurrer to Defendants/CrossComplainants Jennifer and Frank Rosenblum's 11‐21‐19 Cross‐Complaint is SUSTAINED WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND. Code Civ. Proc. § 430.10(e). Without chronicling the parties' extensive litigation history regarding this property (located at 35 Echo Lane in Woodside, Ca.), the Rosenblums' 11‐21‐19 C...
2020.02.26 Motion to Withdraw and Amend Request for Admission Response 901
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.02.26
Excerpt: ...dvertence or excusable neglect.” CCP § 2033.300(b); see New Albertsons, Inc. v. Sup.Ct. (Shanahan) (2008) 168 CA4th 1403, 1418. While newly discovered evidence can meet this standard, Defendants have not shown that their admission resulted from “mistake, inadvertence or excusable neglect.” The evidence shows that Defendants were on notice of the existence of the French drain since March 2017. Miller decl., Ex. F, H. In fact, it was defense...
2020.02.26 Motion to Complete Discovery 901
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.02.26
Excerpt: ... diligence of the party seeking the discovery or the hearing of a discovery motion, and the reasons that the discovery was not completed or that the discovery motion was not heard earlier; (3) any likelihood that permitting the discovery or hearing the discovery motion will prevent the case from going to trial on the date set, or otherwise interfere with the trial calendar, or result in prejudice to any other party; and (4) the length of time tha...
2020.02.26 Motion for Summary Judgment 558
Location: San Mateo
Judge: Fineman, Nancy L
Hearing Date: 2020.02.26
Excerpt: ...e and his proposed order was used to grant the motion. Accordingly, the Court finds proper notice. The unopposed motion for summary judgment by Defendant JOSEPH J. ALBANESE, Inc. is GRANTED. Defendant's request for judicial notice is granted as to Exhibit A (Complaint) and Exhibit I (Request for Dismissal). Defendant's request for judicial notice of Exhibits K, L, M, N, and O (Google Maps) is DENIED. The distances between two points is not part o...

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