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2023.06.26 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 149
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.06.26
Excerpt: ...unique set of rules adapted from the three-stage burden-shifting test established by the United States Supreme Court in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green (1973) 411 U.S. 792. The burden-shifting for discrimination claims also is applied to retaliation claims. (Yanowitz v. L'Oreal USA, Inc., 36 Cal.4th 1028, 1042.) A. First Cause of Action – Harassment/Hostile Work Environment To establish a prima facie case of harassment/hostile work environment...
2023.06.12 Motion for Summary Adjudication 810
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.06.12
Excerpt: ...rty's or one's own act or default.” (INDEMNIFY, Black's Law Dictionary (11th ed. 2019).) “Express indemnity refers to an obligation that arises “ ‘by virtue of express contractual language establishing a duty in one party to save another harmless upon the occurrence of specified circumstances.' ” [Citation.] Express indemnity generally is not subject to equitable considerations or a joint legal obligation to the injured party; rather, i...
2023.06.12 Discovery Motions 555
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.06.12
Excerpt: ...documents, and requests for admission are due 30 days after service (plus appropriate time for method of service). (CCP §§ 2030.260, 2031.260, and 2033.250.) With respect to the Requests for Admission, a propounding party may ask the court for an order that deems the matters contained in the requests for admission admitted if the receiving party fails to respond to the requests for admission. (CCP § 2033.280(b).) The court shall grant the orde...
2023.06.12 Motion to Strike 664
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.06.12
Excerpt: ... against him on summary judgment, they are not entitled to recover any costs, citing Labor Code § 218.5. Plaintiff contends that, under this code section, if the prevailing party in a court action is not an employee, attorney's fees and costs may only be awarded if the Court finds that the employee brought the action in bad faith, i.e., it finds that the action is unreasonable, frivolous, meritless, or vexatious. Plaintiff contends that the acti...
2023.05.15 Motion to Compel Arbitration and Stay Action 342
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.05.15
Excerpt: ... either be stated verbatim in the petition or attached thereto. (C.R.C. 3.1330.) NNA moves to compel arbitration based on the arbitration agreement contained in the Retail Installment Sale Contract ("RISC") attached as Exhibit 4 to the Maugeri Declaration. The RISC, dated 5/30/20, is between plaintiffs Yesenia Delao and Patricia Delao ("Plaintiffs") as "Buyer" and Buena Park Nissan as "Seller-creditor." NNA acknowledges that it is not a signatory...
2023.05.15 Motion for Terminating, Issue, and Evidentiary Sanctions 920
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.05.15
Excerpt: ...he request for issue and terminating sanctions. As a threshold matter, defendants have met their burden of showing that plaintiff intentionally destroyed evidence after contacting a lawyer and while considering litigation. In her deposition, plaintiff admitted that, prior to turning in her computer to her employer, she downloaded certain files onto thumb drives and used a special program to entirely wipe the computer. Furthermore, although we do ...
2023.05.15 Motion for Preliminary Injunction 532
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.05.15
Excerpt: ...e Lock Co. (2002) 101 Cal.App.4th 1443, 1449—1450.) Plaintiff seeks an injunction to prohibit defendants Ruth Anne Della Vedova ("Della Vedova" individually); Barbara A. Kerr; and Asset Default Management, Inc. ("ADMI" individually; 'Defendants" together with Vedova) from selling real property located at 19311 Oriente Drive in Yorba Linda ("Property"). 1) Likelihood of Prevailing On the Merits Plaintiffs' Complaint states various causes of acti...
2023.05.08 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 149
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.05.08
Excerpt: ...s adapted from the three-stage burden-shifting test established by the United States Supreme Court in McDonnell Douglas corp. v. Green (1973) 411 U.S. 792. The burden-shifting for discrimination claims also is applied to retaliation claims. (Yanowitz v. L'Oreal USA, Inc., 36 cal.4th 1028, 1042.) A. First Cause of Action — Harassment/HostiIe Work Environment To establish a prima facie case of harassment/hostile work environment under the Fair Em...
2023.05.01 Motion for Determination of Good Faith Settlement 981
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.05.01
Excerpt: ... moving defendants to pay $135,000 in exchange for a dismissal. It is conditional upon: (1) the entry of a final, non- appealable order granting the instant motion for an order determining the settlement to be in good faith; and (2) the supplemental production by settling defendants of documents responsive to plaintiff's requests for production. Responding co-defendants Sunil Kirit Mehta, Real Estate Xperts, Inc., and O.Rhyan Capital Management, ...
2023.05.01 Demurrer 142
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.05.01
Excerpt: ....6(c), "If a borrower submits a complete application for a first lien loan modification offered by, or through, the borrower's mortgage servicer at least five business days before a scheduled foreclosure sale, a mortgage servicer, mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent shall not record a notice of default or notice of sale, or conduct a trustee's sale, while the complete first lien loan modification application is pending. A mortgag...
2023.05.01 Demurrer 946
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.05.01
Excerpt: ...ction for Violation of Penal Code S 496(a), seeking treble damages under Penal Code 496(c). The Siry court is clear: "A plaintiff may recover treble damages and attorney's fees under section 496(c) when property has been obtained in any manner constituting theft." (Siry Investment, L.P. v. Farkhondehpour (2022) 13 Cal.5th 333, 361.) The question is whether Plaintiff has adequately alleged that property has been obtained in a manner constituting t...
2023.05.01 Motion for Preliminary Injunction 107
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.05.01
Excerpt: ...t complained of, either for a limited period or perpetually. (2) When it appears by the complaint or affidavits that the commission or continuance of some act during the litigation would produce waste, or great or irreparable injury, to a party to the action. (3) When it appears, during the litigation, that a party to the action is doing, or threatens, or is about to do, or is procuring or suffering to be done, some act in violation of the rights...
2023.05.01 Motion for Reconsideration 308
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.05.01
Excerpt: ...e. "CA]II that is necessary is to call the court's attention to such papers." (Weil & Brown, Cal. Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before Trial (The Rutter Group 2020) 'l g.53.1a.) Nonetheless, the Court will GRANT both parties' requests for judicial notice as to the existence of the following documents only: Fidelity's Complaint, Demurrer to FAXC, Demurrer to SAXC, the SAXC, Notice of Ruling Re: Plaintiff Fidelity National Title Insurance Company...
2023.05.01 Motion to Quash, for Protective Order 133
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.05.01
Excerpt: ... Apartment Homes, 500 Estancia, Irvine, CA 92602, involving Jiahan wu, DOB 9/19/2020." Defendants assert that the subpoena is overbroad, but provide no explanation or argument as to how the request is overbroad nor do Defendants offer any possible narrowing. Defendants argue that production of the requested items would violate Defendant Cruz's Fifth Amendment Rights. Defendants argue that Defendant Cruz's privacy rights are at issue, as he could ...
2023.04.24 Special Motion to Strike, Demurrer 730
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.04.24
Excerpt: ...right of petition or free speech under the United States Constitution or the California Constitution in connection with a public issue shall be subject to a special motion to strike, unless the court determines that the plaintiff has established that there is a probability that the plaintiff will prevail on the claim." "The moving defendant bears the burden of establishing that the challenged allegations or claims 'aris[e] from' protected activit...
2023.04.24 Motion to Stay Discovery 133
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.04.24
Excerpt: ...her the court stated "Where, as here, a defendant's silence is constitutionally guaranteed, the court should weigh the parties' competing interests with a view toward accommodating the interests of both parties, if possible. An order staying discovery until expiration of the criminal statute of limitations would allow real parties to prepare their lawsuit while alleviating petitioners' difficult choice between defending either the civil or crimin...
2023.04.24 Motion to Compel Deposition of Retained Expert 497
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.04.24
Excerpt: ...sition date for 3/13/23. (Baghdassarian Decl. g, Ex. 8.) At that time, trial had been reset for 3/27/23 along with all related dates. (ld. at Tl 8, Ex. 7; see also M.O. of 2/9/23). Plaintiff served objections thereto on 3/7/23 and refused to produce the expert for the deposition. (ld. at g, Ex. 10.) None of those objections suffice to excuse the refusal to produce the expert for deposition on 3/13/23. Plaintiff argued that the date set was after ...
2023.04.03 Demurrer to FAC 335
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.04.03
Excerpt: ...e is defined in Welf. & Inst. Code 515610.07 as physical abuse, neglect, abandonment, isolation, abduction or other treatment resulting in physical harm, pain or mental suffering or the deprivation by a care custodian of goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm or mental suffering. Neglect is defined in 515610.57(a) (1) as "the negligent failure of any person having the care or custody of an elder or a dependent adult to exerci...
2023.03.27 Special Motion to Strike 694
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.03.27
Excerpt: ...f to demonstrate the merit of the claim by establishing a probability of success." (Baral v. Schnitt (2016) 1 Cal. 5th 376, 384.) If the defendant meets his burden, then the plaintiff must show the "challenged claim based on protected activity is leqallv sufficient and factually substantiated. The court, without resolving evidentiary conflicts, must determine whether the plaintiff's showing, if accepted by the trier of fact, would be sufficient t...
2023.03.27 Motion to Disqualify Attorney 602
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.03.27
Excerpt: ...alue of legal services rendered in the case; or (3) the lawyer has obtained informed written consent from the client." "A comment to the rule clarifies that the informed-consent exception is not absolute: "Notwithstanding a client's informed written consent, courts retain discretion to take action, up to and including disqualification of a lawyer who seeks to both testify and serve as an advocate, to protect the trier of fact from being misled or...
2023.03.27 Motion to Compel Orthopedic and Neuropsychological Exam 558
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.03.27
Excerpt: ...ed by CCP section 2032.220. (Code Civ. Proc. S 2032.310(a).) The motion to compel a physical or mental examination shall be qranted only for good cause shown. (Code Civ. Proc. S 2032.320(a).) A showing of good cause requires "that the party produce specific facts justifying discovery and that the inquiry be relevant to the subject matter of the action or reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence." (Vinson v. Superior C...
2023.03.20 Motion to Compel Deposition of PMK 321
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.03.20
Excerpt: ...nd Written Discovery. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs' motion is GRANTED and the Dunn Defendants' motion is DENIED. The parties are ordered to meet and confer regarding available dates for the deposition of the Dunn Group's PMK to be conducted within 45 days of the date of this order. The Dunn Defendants are ordered to provide responses to the written discovery at issue within 30 days of the date of this order. Plaintiffs' request for...
2023.03.20 Motion for Transfer of Venue 461
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.03.20
Excerpt: ...s been deemed a vexatious litigant as of 11/9/22, per OCSC Case No. 1600001283, and is therefore subject to the requirements and restrictions set forth in C.C.P. S 391 et seq. for this case and for all other filings subsequent to that designation. However, as Motion 1 was presented before that designation was entered, the Court has considered it here. Motion 1 (Plaintiff's Motion for Transfer. etc.) is DENIED. The Los Angeles Superior Court previ...
2023.03.20 Motion for Leave to File Amended Answer 449
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.03.20
Excerpt: ...age of the proceedings, up to and including trial," absent prejudice to the adverse party. (Atkinson v. Elk Corp. (2003) 109 Cal.App.4th 739, 761.) Absent prejudice, delay alone is not ground for denial. If delay in seeking the amendment has not misled or prejudiced the other side, the liberal policy of allowing amendments prevails. Indeed, it is an abuse of discretion to deny leave in such a case, even if sought as late as the time of trial. (Hi...
2023.03.20 Demurrer 909
Location: Orange County
Judge: Hoffer, David A
Hearing Date: 2023.03.20
Excerpt: ... to conduct that would support recovery of punitive damages." (Carter v. Prime Healthcare Paradise Valley LLC (2011) 198 Cal.App.4th 396, 405) "The plaintiff must also allege (and ultimately prove by clear and convincing evidence) that the neglect caused the elder or dependent adult to suffer physical harm, pain or mental suffering. (Citations omitted) Finally, the facts constituting the neglect and establishing the causal link between the neglec...

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