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2019.12.31 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 442
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.12.31
Excerpt: ...salia, California 93292. The lease called for monthly payments of $1,200.00. Defendant has not paid this rent since May of 2019. The total arrears to date are $12,400.00. On or about September 24, 2019, plaintiff served by mail and posting a three-day notice to pay rent or quit under CCP §1161 et seq. When defendant did not respond to this three-day notice. plaintiff then filed this present action and served the summons and complaint on defendan...
2019.12.26 Motion to Set Aside Default, Judgment 060
Location: Tulare
Judge: Mathias, David D
Hearing Date: 2019.12.26
Excerpt: ...is is an action for breach of contract and account stated that arises out of a contract between defendant and plaintiff's assignor Performance Dairy Service. The court's file indicates that plaintiff served defendant Kampen on July 5, 2019, at 6:08 p.m. at his Visalia residence address. However, defendant indicates in his declaration in support of this motion that because on July 5, 2019 he was at the bedside of a dying friend between 2:00 p.m. a...
2019.12.24 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 295
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.12.24
Excerpt: ...tive Motion for Summary Adjudication as to all issues submitted; and (2) To Grant Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Deposition Attendance and Production of Documents of Defendant's Most Knowledgeable and Custodian of Records, to Order Defendant to produce its person most knowledgeable and its custodian of records for deposition at the date, time, and location specified by Plaintiff on not less than five (5) days-notice, and to Order Defendant to pay t...
2019.12.23 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 725
Location: Tulare
Judge: Reed, Melinda
Hearing Date: 2019.12.23
Excerpt: ...third motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement. Here, plaintiffs submit a supplemental brief and their counsel's declaration in response to the court's ruling of November 18, 2019, denying their second motion without prejudice. 1. Enhancement Award to Class Representative The court has re-reviewed the May 23, 2019 declarations of representative plaintiffs and now agrees with plaintiffs as to the amount of hours the representativ...
2019.12.19 Motion for Summary Adjudication 008
Location: Tulare
Judge: Mathias, David D
Hearing Date: 2019.12.19
Excerpt: ...ake judicial notice as to the contents of documents in the Court's file for this action as the contents of these documents constitute inadmissible hearsay. See Day v. Sharp (1975) 50 Cal.App.3d 904, 914; Fremont Indemnity Co. v. Fremont General Corp. (2007) 148 Cal.App.4th 97, 113. Thus, the court cannot take judicial notice of the contents of the plaintiff's complaint. Summary judgment is granted when no triable issue exists as to any material f...
2019.12.19 Motion to Certify Case as Class Action 416
Location: Tulare
Judge: Mathias, David D
Hearing Date: 2019.12.19
Excerpt: ...ton and Sam Bruce are overruled. This action is brought by Plaintiffs as representing current and former employees of Defendant working as “setters” or “finishers.” Defendant asserts that 97 of the potential class members have signed claim releases and are no longer part of this action. Defendant asserts a large number of the remaining potential class members did not work prevailing wage jobs or travel to jobsites and thus do not have ove...
2019.12.17 Demurrer 642
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.12.17
Excerpt: ...efendants. Plaintiff's pleading remains inadequate and is insufficient to state any claim. Plaintiff's current pleading fails to provide clarification and factual support for any claims he might have, deficiencies which have been pointed out to Plaintiff by the court in its prior rulings sustaining demurrers (rulings of April 30, 2019 and July 16, 2019). Plaintiff's pleading continues to consist of rambling legal conclusions with no or only parti...
2019.12.17 Motion for Settlement Approval of Claims Under PAGA 487
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.12.17
Excerpt: ...s raised in this ruling. Plaintiff should not submit the entire motion and supporting documents a second time. 1. Sufficiency of Settlement Amount ($240,000.00) Sufficient information has been submitted for the to determine the settlement is fundamentally fair, reasonable, and adequate with reference to the public policies underlying PAGA. (O'Connor v. Uber Technols., Inc. (2016) 201 F.Supp.3d 1110, 1113.) Plaintiff asserted wage statement violat...
2019.12.16 Demurrer 335
Location: Tulare
Judge: Reed, Melinda
Hearing Date: 2019.12.16
Excerpt: ...for common counts is defective because plaintiff failed to allege whether the underlying contract is written, oral, or implied as required by Civil Procedure section 430.10(g). However, the essential elements of a common count are (1) statement of indebtedness in a certain sum; (2) consideration for the indebtedness; and (3) nonpayment. When these elements are plead in the complaint, the complaint cannot be challenged by general or special demurr...
2019.12.10 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 680
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.12.10
Excerpt: ...e in the file indicates notice of the motion was adequate. No response to the motion has been filed within the time specified under CCP 437c(b)(2). In this action Plaintiff seeks to recover amounts claimed due on a credit card account. Defendants answered the Complaint by general denial with affirmative defenses. The evidence submitted by Plaintiff in support of its summary judgment motion is sufficient to establish that Defendants opened a credi...
2019.12.9 Motion for Order for Possession 675
Location: Tulare
Judge: Reed, Melinda
Hearing Date: 2019.12.9
Excerpt: ... Gregory, Donald D. Gregory, Paul C. Richter, III, and Clara O. Richter's (collectively defendants) property (0.45 acres) for a highway improvement project on State Route 137 at State Route 99 in the City of Tulare. The property is leased and improved with a single building that houses a warehouse and offices. In opposition, defendants assert the taking will create a hardship by potentially causing their lessee to terminate the lease as a result ...
2019.12.3 Motion to Require Posting of Bond 859
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.12.3
Excerpt: ... of a landlord-tenant dispute as to whether leaseholder Pedro Castellano or landlord Jason C. Davis, Sr. is responsible for the cost of repair to return this apartment to the condition that it was in when Mr. Castellano signed this lease. The purpose of this lease was to house players from the COS football team. Mr. Castellano paid to Mr. Davis $1,675.00 as a security deposit. Before these football players moved into Mr. Davis's apartment, Messrs...
2019.12.3 Motion to Vacate Order and for Order Nunc Pro Tunc 481
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.12.3
Excerpt: ...Service Corporation's demurrer to plaintiff's first amended complaint without leave to amend is procedurally and substantively without merit on multiple fronts. California Rule of Court 3.1113(a) provides that “A party filing a motion, except for a motion listed in rule 3.1114, must serve and file a supporting memorandum. The court may construe the absence of a memorandum as an admission that the motion or special demurrer is not meritorious an...
2019.12.3 Motion to Consolidate Actions, to Continue Trial Date 776
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.12.3
Excerpt: ...ses (one which was filed in this county and the other case that has been transferred to this court by order of Superior Court of Los Angeles County). Both cases arise out of the same January 9, 2017 automobile accident on Conyer St. in Visalia, and the named defendants in both these cases are the same. CCP §1048(a) states that “When actions involving a common question of law or fact are pending before the court, it may order a joint hearing of...
2019.12.3 Demurrer 774
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.12.3
Excerpt: ...d collectively as “DSCC”) Request for Judicial Notice is denied in part as to “Exhibit A” and granted as to “Exhibit B” under Evidence Code §452(d). Defendants' Request for Judicial Notice as to “Exhibit A” is granted only as to the date of filing of the documents on file with the Court for this action and as to minute orders and other orders for this case that appear in the Court's file. Except for orders from the Court that app...
2019.11.7 Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement 783
Location: Tulare
Judge: Mathias, David D
Hearing Date: 2019.11.7
Excerpt: ...eposit to be in full satisfaction of the obligations of California Republic Bank's under the court's order. The funds will remain on deposit subject to further order of the court and pending a determination of the appeal before the Fifth District Court of Appeals (Case No. F078689). No party is entitled to recover costs or attorneys' fees on this motion. The parties entered into a settlement agreement on the record in this court. Plaintiff subseq...
2019.2.26 Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement 628
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.2.26
Excerpt: ...alleged wage and hour violations. The parties participated in mediation and reached an agreement to settle plaintiff's class claims. The class consists of 575 current and former employees of Defendants. The gross settlement amount is $750,000.00. If all of plaintiff's requested deductions are approved, the net settlement for distribution to class members would be $450,000.00 Plaintiff has not submitted sufficient information for this court to mak...
2019.2.25 Demurrer, Motion to Strike 787
Location: Tulare
Judge: Reed, Melinda
Hearing Date: 2019.2.25
Excerpt: ...ns of the Third Amended Complaint (Erroneously Entitled “Second” Amended Complaint); (5) Defendant Jose Romo's Demurrer to the Revised Third Amended Complaint; and (6) Defendant Jose Romo's Motion to Strike Portions of the Revised Third Amended Complaint Tentative Rulings: (1) To sustain Defendants Allstate Insurance Company and Joe Mabee's Demurrer to Third Amended Complaint without leave to amend; (2) to grant Defendants Allstate Insurance ...
2019.2.19 Demurrer 130
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.2.19
Excerpt: ...ay his overdue property taxes by giving various documents to the Tulare County Tax Assessor. Plaintiff identifies these documents in his complaint as “the discharging instrument packet.” But plaintiff's amended complaint does not state that the documents in this packet included cash on any of the other statutorily acceptable procedures required to pay his property taxes. Mr. Ramsey also asserts in his complaint that the defendants were requir...
2019.2.19 Demurrer 232
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.2.19
Excerpt: ...resolution of the litigation in the Kern County Superior Court action Dave Meza v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co., Case Number BCV-15101572. Defendant shall file its answer to the Corrected First Amended Complaint within ten (10) days of this order. Defendant asserts Plaintiff's action is barred due to a prior certified class action pending in Kern County Superior Court against Defendant in which Plaintiff is a class member and which asserts the same...
2019.2.19 Demurrer 664
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.2.19
Excerpt: ...3d 103, 114. An exception, however, is that the general rule is limited to those material facts properly pleaded, and does not apply to conclusions of fact or law. Moore v. Regents of University of California (1990) 51 Cal.3d 120, 125. For example, a bare allegation that an act is illegal, unlawful, unauthorized, wrongful, or fraudulent is a conclusion of law that need not be accepted as true. 4 Witkin, Cal. Procedure (4 th Ed. 1997) Pleading sec...
2019.2.19 Motion for Summary Judgment 278
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.2.19
Excerpt: ...though Plaintiff asserts a number of the submitted facts are disputed, Plaintiff submits no evidence or case authority to support her assertions. As a result, the majority of Defendant's submitted facts are undisputed. Summary judgment is granted when no triable issue exists as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subd. (c).) "[T]he party moving for summary judgment b...
2019.2.19 Motion to Compel Arbitration 501
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.2.19
Excerpt: ... the Court cannot take judicial notice as to the contents of documents in the Court's file for this action as the contents of these documents constitute inadmissible hearsay. See Day v. Sharp (1975) 50 Cal.App.3d 904, 914; Fremont Indemnity Co. v. Fremont General Corp. (2007) 148 Cal.App.4th 97, 113. The court has considered the response in this matter despite moving party's contention it was untimely. Defendant had adequate time to review the re...
2019.2.19 Motion to Set Aside Entry of Default 531
Location: Tulare
Judge: Hillman, Bret
Hearing Date: 2019.2.19
Excerpt: ...zalez Lopez and a 2007 flatbed freight vehicle driven by defendant Jose Manuel Carrillo. Plaintiff filed his complaint on June 29, 2018. At the time of the accident, defendant Carrillo was acting in the course and scope of employment with defendant Ramco Enterprises, LP. Defendant Carrillo states in his declaration that the plaintiff's summons and complaint for this action was first accidently served on his father Jose Maria Carrillo and subseque...
2019.2.11 Motion for Summary Judgment, Adjudication 415
Location: Tulare
Judge: Reed, Melinda
Hearing Date: 2019.2.11
Excerpt: ...or Summary Adjudication, in part Defendants Domingo Sustaita, Villa Park Trucking, Inc., and Young's Commercial Transfer, Inc. (collectively defendants) seek summary judgment of decedent Bonifaco Magana's heirs' (collectively plaintiffs) complaint on grounds that Sustaita allegedly did not breach a duty of care to decedent or plaintiffs. Alternatively, defendants request summary adjudication of plaintiffs' claims for negligent entrustment, hiring...

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