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2018.6.20 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 621
Location: Fresno
Judge: Gaab, Kimberly
Hearing Date: 2018.6.20
Excerpt: ...strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP) action. (Code Civ. Proc. §425.16.) Defendants' demurrer is ordered off calendar as moot. Plaintiff's attempted “discovery motion” is ordered off calendar, since Plaintiff did not obtain a hearing date for this motion. Defendants' evidentiary objections are overruled. Explanation: Anti‐SLAPP motion The anti‐SLAPP statute provides: “A cause of action against a person arising from any...
2018.6.19 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Settlement 920
Location: Fresno
Judge: Gaab, Kimberly
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ...five‐ year trial date. Explanation: The court incorporates herein its ruling of May 9, 2017 for historical perspective. 1. CLASS CERTIFICATION a. Standards An agreement of the parties is not sufficient to establish a class for settlement purposes. There must be an independent assessment by a neutral court of evidence showing that a class action is proper. (Luckey v. Superior Court (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 81 (rev. denied); see also Newberg, Newbe...
2018.6.19 Petition to Compromise Minor's Claim 301
Location: Fresno
Judge: Black, Donald
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ...he petitions setting out the rule 7.955 factors and no Attachment 18a copy of the fee agreements attached to the petitions. The declarations and fee agreement were presented in a separate document dated a week after the petitioner signed the petitions. The petitions are supposed to contain all the required attachments and state how many pages are attached. See Item 23 of the petitions. This is how the Court can ensure that the petitioner had prop...
2018.6.19 Motion for Default Hearing 938
Location: Fresno
Judge: Black, Donald
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ... for $143,551.00. This includes an unpaid principal of $110,000, interest of $27,126.00, attorney's fees of $5,850.00, and court costs of $575.00. None of these are accounted for on the CIV‐100 form. Furthermore, the declaration does not explain, or contain any documentation supporting, the claim for $110,000 other than a conclusion that that was the unpaid principle for the note. Therefore, unless plaintiff can produce the evidentiary proof fo...
2018.6.19 Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement 049
Location: Fresno
Judge: Snauffer, Mark
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ...n good faith shall bar any other joint tortfeasor or co‐obligor from any further claims against the settling tortfeasor or co‐ obligor for equitable comparative contribution, or partial or comparative indemnity, based on comparative negligence or comparative fault.” (Code Civ. Proc. §877.6(c).) In considering a motion pursuant to section 877.6, the court balances the statute's goals of (1) encouragement of settlements, and (2) equitable sh...
2018.6.19 Motion for Good Faith Settlement 284
Location: Fresno
Judge: Snauffer, Mark
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ...e reasonable “ballpark” of the settling crossdefendants' liability. (Code Civ. Proc. § 877.6; Tech‐Bilt, Inc. v. Woodward‐ Clyde & Associates (1985) 38 Cal.3d 488, 499‐500.) Explanation: Under Code of Civil Procedure section 877.6, “Any party to an action in which it is alleged that two or more parties are joint tortfeasors or co‐ obligors on a contract debt shall be entitled to a hearing on the issue of the good faith of a settlem...
2018.6.19 Demurrer 767
Location: Fresno
Judge: Black, Donald
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ...Cal.App.4th 1049, 1054, internal quotation marks and citations omitted; see Code Civ. Proc. §472(a).) Accordingly, the filing of an amended pleading renders a demurrer to the original pleading moot. (Ibid.; Morehead v. Turner (1940) 41 Cal.App.2d 414, 418.) In the instant action, Defendants Growers Farm and Garcia filed a first amended answer on June 13, 2018. Though the amended answer was late‐filed (see Code Civ. Proc. §1005(b)), the Court ...
2018.6.19 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 333
Location: Fresno
Judge: Snauffer, Mark
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ...order. Explanation: The party moving for summary judgment/adjudication bears the initial burden of production to make a prima facie showing that there are no triable issues of material fact. (Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co., supra, (2001) 25 Cal.4th 826, 850.) Only then does the burden of production shift to the party opposing summary judgment, who is then subject to its own burden of production to make a prima facie showing that a triable issu...
2018.6.19 Motion to Compel Arbitration 292
Location: Fresno
Judge: Gaab, Kimberly
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ... the “Alternative Dispute Resolution Policy” (“ADR policy”), including the Spanish language versions of these documents, which shorten the timeframe to bring a claim to one year from the termination of employment, are deemed severed from those documents. To overrule all of plaintiff's evidentiary objections. Explanation: The moving party bears the burden of showing the arbitration agreement exists. (Code Civ. Proc. § 1281.2; Engalla v. P...
2018.6.19 Motion to Compel Deposition, for Production of Docs, for Monetary Sanctions 290
Location: Fresno
Judge: Gaab, Kimberly
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ... payable within 30 days to defendants' counsel of record, McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, LLP. Should plaintiff fail to appear at the newly noticed deposition, defendants may file a motion for terminating sanctions without first complying with Fresno County Superior Court Local Rule 2.1.17. Explanation: There was no need for defendants to comply with Local Rule 2.1.17 and request a pretrial discovery conference before filing this m...
2018.6.19 Motion to Compel Responses, to Deem Request for Admissions Admitted, for Monetary Sanctions 841
Location: Fresno
Judge: Gaab, Kimberly
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ...e initial verified responses to form interrogatories, set one, special interrogatories, set one, and request for production of documents, set one, are moot. Responses have been provided. The motion that the truth of the matters specified in the requests for admission, set one, be deemed admitted as to defendant Paul Evert's RV Country, Inc. is moot. Defendant provided response to the requests for admission that are in substantial compliance with ...
2018.6.19 Motion to Strike 136
Location: Fresno
Judge: Snauffer, Mark
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ...e Martinez v. Metabolife Intern., Inc. (2003) 113 Cal.App.4th 181, 186.) The anti‐SLAPP statute may be invoked to challenge suits based on statements made in connection with an issue being considered by a judicial body. (Code Civ. Proc. §425.16(e)(2).) Pleadings, statements and writings “in connection with” civil litigation come within the parameters of the anti‐SLAPP statute. It need not be shown that the litigated matter is of public i...
2018.6.19 Motion for Terminating Sanctions and Monetary Sanctions, to Compel Deposition 675
Location: Fresno
Judge: Black, Donald
Hearing Date: 2018.6.19
Excerpt: ...erk's service of this order. As an evidence sanction, if the cell phone is not produced within 20 days of the clerk's service of this order, the court hereby orders that the cell phone and videos filmed on that cell phone may not be referred to at trial or introduced in evidence in this proceeding. To order plaintiffs Manuel Cubias and Gustavo Gonzalez to appear for properly noticed depositions within 30 days of the date of the clerk's service of...
2018.6.14 Motion for Summary Judgment 740
Location: Fresno
Judge: Snauffer, Mark
Hearing Date: 2018.6.14
Excerpt: .... Sup.Ct. (1986) 179 Cal.App.3d 494, 498.) Here, the declaration of Doctor Douglas B. Malcolm, M.D. creates a triable issue of fact. Dr. Malcom opines that Saint Agnes – being a “busy California metropolitan emergency room facility” (Malcom Dec., filed: 5/23/18 ¶11), breached the standard of care in not having a radiologist available to interpret film twenty‐four hours per day. (Ibid.) According to Dr. Malcom, hospitals like Saint Agnes ...
2018.6.14 Demurrer 864
Location: Fresno
Judge: Snauffer, Mark
Hearing Date: 2018.6.14
Excerpt: ...2016, California Code of Civil Procedure section 430.41 went into effect. Subdivision (a) of that section states, in pertinent part: Before filing a demurrer pursuant to this chapter, the demurring party shall meet and confer in person or by telephone with the party who filed the pleading that is subject to demurrer for the purpose of determining whether an agreement can be reached that would resolve the objections to be raised in the demurrer. S...
2018.6.14 Demurrer 999
Location: Fresno
Judge: Gaab, Kimberly
Hearing Date: 2018.6.14
Excerpt: ...gations shall be in boldface. Explanation: Demurrer for Uncertainty: Defendant first demurs to the complaint for uncertainty on the ground that the causes of action in the caption of the complaint do not match the numbers of the claims in the body of the complaint, and the causes of action do not specify against which defendant they are alleged. However, courts look with disfavor on demurrers for uncertainty and will not sustain them unless the c...
2018.6.14 Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement 219
Location: Fresno
Judge: Gaab, Kimberly
Hearing Date: 2018.6.14
Excerpt: ...tlements, and (2) equitable sharing of costs among the parties at fault. (Tech‐Bilt v. Woodward‐Clyde & Assoc. (1985) 38 Cal.3d 488, 494.) The standard is whether the amount of the settlement is within the “reasonable range” or “ballpark” of the settling tortfeasor's proportionate share of comparative liability for the plaintiff's injuries. (Id. at. p. 499.) Where a motion for determination of good faith settlement is contested, the m...
2018.6.14 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 463
Location: Fresno
Judge: Snauffer, Mark
Hearing Date: 2018.6.14
Excerpt: ...r other device. The photos of the standard connection assembly and the one at issue in the fire show that a rubber ring was on the one used in the fire. All parties agree this caused a leak, which then led to the explosion. All agree such rubber ring is not part of the assembly as designed by moving defendant. So no design defect is at issue. Plaintiffs tries to argue that the ring may have been added at moving defendant's factory anyway, outside...
2018.6.14 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 258
Location: Fresno
Judge: Black, Donald
Hearing Date: 2018.6.14
Excerpt: ...r Admission admitted “establishes, by judicial fiat, that a nonresponding party has responded to the requests by admitting the truth of all matters contained therein.” (Wilcox v. Birtwhistle (1999) 21 Cal.4th 973, 979.) Any matter admitted in response to a Request for Admission is conclusively established against the party making the admission. (Code Civ. Proc. § 2033.410, subd. (a); see Murillo v. Sup.Ct. (People) (2006) 143 Cal.App.4th 730...
2018.6.14 Motion to Bifurcate 824
Location: Fresno
Judge: Snauffer, Mark
Hearing Date: 2018.6.14
Excerpt: ...oc. §§ 598, 1048.) As the decision to bifurcate is discretionary with the trial judge, and recognizing that this department may not be the ultimate trial department, the Court denies the motion to bifurcate at this time, without prejudice to it being renewed in limine. Judgment on the Pleadings The sole question presented by a defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings is whether or not the facts stated in the complaint constitute a c...
2018.6.14 Motion to Compel Arbitration 703
Location: Fresno
Judge: Black, Donald
Hearing Date: 2018.6.14
Excerpt: ... 11, 2018. Service shall be by email. Explanation: Defendant Aerotek moves to compel plaintiff to arbitrate his claims against “all defendants.” The notice of motion was not directed to defendant O'Neill Beverage Company, LLC, and that defendant has neither joined in this motion, nor opposed it. A refusal to arbitrate is a prerequisite to a motion or petition to compel arbitration. Also, Aerotek only cites authority indicating that a third pa...
2018.6.14 Motion to Strike 984
Location: Fresno
Judge: Snauffer, Mark
Hearing Date: 2018.6.14
Excerpt: ...A special motion to strike pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure §425.16 (an “AntiSLAPP motion”) provides a means for quickly identifying and eliminating suits brought to chill the valid exercise of a party's constitutional right of petition or free speech. In order to invoke the protection of the anti‐ SLAPP statute, the defendant must show that the plaintiff's lawsuit arises from defendant's exercise of free speech or petition rights as de...
2018.6.13 Motion to Substitute Plaintiff 451
Location: Fresno
Judge: Gaab, Kimberly
Hearing Date: 2018.6.13
Excerpt: ...r proceeding or by any other transfer of an interest. The action or proceeding may be continued in the name of the original party, or the court may allow the person to whom the transfer is made to be substituted in the action or proceeding." Here, the moving party presented evidence that it is the assignee of the claim. No opposition was filed to the motion. The moving party may be substituted in as the plaintiff in this action. The motion is...
2018.6.13 Motion to Set Aside Dismissal 879
Location: Fresno
Judge: Black, Donald
Hearing Date: 2018.6.13
Excerpt: ...ubdivision (b). The motion is timely and is based on Plaintiff's attorney's affidavit of fault. Counsel states he failed to appear at the OSC due to a calendaring error. The only possible exception to the mandatory provision of Code of Civil Procedure section 473, subdivision (b), is where the dismissal is not the result of attorney fault. Here, there is no evidence on which to base such a finding. Accordingly, Plaintiff's motion to have the dism...
2018.6.13 Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement 293
Location: Fresno
Judge: Snauffer, Mark
Hearing Date: 2018.6.13
Excerpt: ...asors or co‐obligors on a contract debt shall be entitled to a hearing on the issue of the good faith of a settlement entered into by the plaintiff or other claimant and one or more alleged tortfeasors or co‐obligors, upon giving notice in the manner provided in subdivision (b) of Section 1005.” (Code Civ. Proc. § 877.6(a)(1).) “A determination by the court that the settlement was made in good faith shall bar any other joint tortfeasor o...

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