Excerpt: ...result, on or about August 16, 2019, Plaintiff filed a complaint, alleging a single cause of action for medical malpractice. Summary of the Law A mental or medical examination of a plaintiff may be obtained by leave of court with a showing of good cause. (Code Civ. Proc., SS 2032.310-2032.320.) The moton must specify: (1) the date and time of the exam; (2) the place of the exam, with good cause being shown if it is more than 75 miles from the exa...

Excerpt: ...sition to the Moton on October 13, 2023, along with a declaration from Plaintiffs' counsel, Michael Bean (Mr. Bean). Plaintiffs filed their Reply in Support of the Motion (Reply) on October 19, 2023. II. ANALYSIS Plaintiffs move to strike or tax three items in Defendant's memorandum of costs: (1) costs of one thousand and seventy dollars ($1,070); (2) court reporter fees of two thousand two hundred and sixty-six dollars and forty-six cents ($2,26...

Excerpt: ...to improperly grant themselves interest or lien on his properties. On May 2, 2022, Plaintiff filed suit for (1) setting aside a fraudulent trustee's sale; (2) fraudulent conveyances; (3) fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud; (4) declaratory relief; (5) conspiracy to commit fraud; (5) slander of title; (7) intentional misrepresentation; (8) unconscionability; (9) fraudulent conversion; (10) cancellation of false documents; (11) quiet title; (12) i...

Excerpt: ...der the custody and control of a statelicensed foster home. The abuse allegedly extensive and continued until she was sixteen. Defendant Doe 3 allegedly abused in excess of five minors. Plaintiff alleges that, despite an investigation and various reports of misconduct, the District simply moved Doe 3 around in the District. Further Plaintiff alleges that a caseworker for the foster agency not only ignored the claims but accused her of lying. (Com...

Excerpt: ...Over the next several months, the parties met and conferred. In the course of those discussions, Defendant agreed to produce supplemental response to RFPs 44 and 45. (Tretola Decl. 95, Ex. C.) On March 23, 2023, Defendant served supplemental responses to the RFPs, which did not include a supplemental response to RFP 45. Also, several of the responses included an agreement to produce documents. However, no such documents were produced. (Tretola De...

Excerpt: ...result, on or about August 16, 2019, Plaintiff filed a complaint, alleging a single cause of action for medical malpractice. Summary of the Law A mental or medical examination of a plaintiff may be obtained by leave of court with a showing of good cause. (Code Civ. Proc., SS 2032.310-2032.320.) The moton must specify: (1) the date and time of the exam; (2) the place of the exam, with good cause being shown if it is more than 75 miles from the exa...

Excerpt: ...int #1's case, Defendant Pathak filed indicating relation of the cases. (See, e.g., Motion for Reconsideration, 4/17/23 [listing Complaint #2 as a related casel.) 3 Plaintiff also asserts that Judge McCarville somehow lacked jurisdiction. This assertion is without citation or support. The Court notes that Code of Civil Procedure, section 1408, vests trial courts with such jurisdiction. 7 competition; (10) penalties under Section 210; (11) penalti...

Excerpt: ...or civil penalties pursuant to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA). In essence, the Complaint alleges Labor Code violations relating to (1) minimum wages; (2) overtime wages; (3) meal periods; (4) rest breaks; (5) wage statements; (6) wage timeliness; and (7) final pay. Notably, prior to the instant action, Plaintiff had already filed a wage-and-hour class action in San Bernardino County (CIVS82305885) based on the same underlying violations...

Excerpt: ...rustment against TLC, VGM, Muzzammil, and Aijaz. The Complaint alleges on October 11, 2019, Zepeda was a passenger in the vehicle driven by Hamed. Hamed was driving at an unsafe speed when he rear-ended another vehicle. Zepeda sustained injuries. Hamed was unlicensed at the time of the accident. He was driving in the course and scope of his employment with TLC, VGM, Muzzammil, and Aijaz ("12-14, 17). Defendant VGM moves for summary judgment or ad...

Excerpt: ...lfour filed two separate replies. The motion was served one-day short of the notice period 75 days, plus 2 days for electronic service required the motion to have been served on August 9, 2023. But given both Plaintiffs opposed and did not raise service as an issue, the Court deems any issues with service as waived. (Carlton v. Quint 77 Cal.App.4th 690, 697.) This matter is set for trial on July 22, 2024. DISCUSSION Balfour's MSJ At issue is an a...

Excerpt: ... law and policy a defendant owes no duty to protect a plaintiff from particular harm. Avila v. Citrus Community college Dist. (2006) 38 cal.4th 148, 161 ["Avila"]; Knight v. Jewett (1992) 3 cal.4th 295, 314-15 ["Knight"]. The court does not ask what risks a particular plaintiff subjectively knew of or chose to encounter, but evaluates "the fundamental nature of the sport and the defendant's role in or relationship to that sport in order to determ...

Excerpt: ...with leave to amend as to the first and second causes of action. On May 19, 2023, plaintiff Sanchez filed the operative Third Amended Complaint (TAC) alleging two causes of action for: 1) Unfair Business Practices, California Business and Professions Code S et seq.; and 2) Violation of California Consumer Credit Reporting Agencies Act CCP S 1785.25(a). On August 1, 2023, Wells Fargo answered. On September 13, 2023, Talman and Bankers Hill filed t...

Excerpt: ...ffs to provide verified responses to all of Defendant's discovery requests without objections by March 14, 2023. On September 5, 2023, Defendant filed the instant Motion for Terminating and Monetary Sanctions (Motion) due to the failure of the Plaintiffs to provide the discovery responses ordered by the court on February 28, 2023. The Motion is supported by a declaration from Defendant's counsel, Rodolfo Gonzalez. Plaintiffs filed an untimely Opp...

Excerpt: ...sel represented that they had reserved a motion to be relieved from a waiver of their objections. Based upon these representations, the Court ruled on one of the motions to compel and continued the remaining four motions to compel and ordered the parties to meet and confer and for Plaintiff to file a revised Separate Statement by October 11, 2023 and any further Opposition by October 16, 2023. The Court did not receive the required further Separa...

Excerpt: ...ember 5, 2023, Plaintiff's counsel, Vahe Khojayan (Mr. Khojayan), emailed Plaintiff's counsel, Rick Augustini (Mr. Augustini), regarding the subpoena and indicating Mr. Liu "continues to assert attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine for all communications with Mr. Pang." Mr. Khojayan stated that failure to withdraw the deposition and modify the items requested by September 6th would result in his filing of a motion to quash subpoena....

Excerpt: ...mpromise, filed November 20, 2020, In re Donald Ray Paulson, supra (RJN Exh. B); • Docket for Saunders v. Paulson, Ap#llate Case No. D0751921, with underlying civil Case No. CIVDS1828407 (RJN Exh. C). There is no opposition to the request. The Court will grant Defendant's request and take judicial notice of the existence of court filings RJN Exhibits A and C, and take judicial notice of the Bankruptcy Court order RJN Exhibit B. Analysis With he...

Excerpt: ...tentional/negligent infliction of emotional distress (IIED/NIED). The FAC alleges Woodside is developing a large parcel within the City that includes 200 homes, a lake, and related improvements. At the south end of 2nd street, just below Oak Glen Blvd., at the corner, Woodside changed the natural elevation of the land by 20 feet. It then built a 2-story house at that high elevation resulting in the home being able to see into Grotke's backyard an...

Excerpt: ...reveals that the suit was filed on January 5, 2023, meaning that even if Section 340.1 applied the claims would be time barred by a few days. Plaintiff concedes that, if filed as of January 5, 2023, the Complaint would untimely. However, she argues that she attempted to file documents on December 27, 2022, and that the documents were improperly rejected by the clerk's office because of confusion relating to the filing of documents under seal. In ...

Excerpt: ...e not necessary to dispose of Defendants' demurrer. Demurrer: The demurrer to the First Cause of Action is sustained, without leave to amend. The cause of action is barred by the two year statute of limitations. (See Gatto v. County of Sonoma (2002) 98 Cal.App.4th 744, 750; Kent v. Cal. DeVt of Consumer Affairs (E.D. cal. June 28, 2011) 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69676, at *9; Thomas v. Sonoma county (N.D. cal. July 21, 2013) 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102...

Excerpt: ...sability is unable to perform his/her essential duties even with reasonable accommodations or cannot perform those duties in a manner that would not endanger others even with reasonable accommodations. (Gov. Code S 12940, subd. (a) Further, under California Government Code section 12926, subdivision (m), physical disability is defined as: "(1) Having any physiological disease, disorder, condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss that d...

Excerpt: ...y executed a personal guaranty, both individually and as trustee of a related trust. Plaintiff alleges it also executed a Master Pay App Agreement (MPAA) with Defendant, in which they agreed Plaintiff would purchase Defendant's right to payment under certain constructon payment applications. Defendant Theisen also allegedly executed a personal guaranty on the MPAA. Plaintiff further alleges that Defendant failed to make required payments under th...

Excerpt: ...iffs filed their original complaint on March 25, 2021, alleging a single cause of action for wrongful death and asserting that the lack of a fence was the cause of the death. On June 14, 2022, Plaintiffs attempted to file a First Amended Complaint, amending to assert four causes: (1) wrongful death —Secton 835; (2) wrongful death — Section 1983 [re denial of care]; (3) wrongful death — Section 1983 Ire failure to protect from suicidal actio...

Excerpt: ...inadequate service or notice of motion]; See also Alliance Bank v. Murray (1984) 161 Cal.App.3d 1, 7 ["It is well settled that the appearance of a party at the hearing of a motion and his or her opposition to the motion on its merits is a waiver of any defects or irregularities in the notice of moton"].) The motion is granted, with thirty (30) days leave to amend. In the alternative, should Plaintiff decide not to amend at this time, the motion i...

Excerpt: ...mplied in fact; (3) common count - money lent by plaintiff to defendant; (4) common count - money paid, laid out, and expended to or for defendant at defendant's special instance and request; (5) common count - open book account; and (6) common count - account stated. Wells Fargo seeks to recover $5,193.72 in damages. Wells Fargo filed the pending motion for summary judgment. The original August 7, 2023 hearing date was continued to October 19, 2...

Excerpt: ..., LLC; and Bubba Likes Tortillas, LLC (Plaintiffs) then commenced the underlying lawsuit against the City and its City Manager, Andrea Miller, alleging defendants engaged in a "pay for play" scheme; committed government waste; failed to provide the full scoring rubrics used to determine the Page | 2 licenses; the scoring was not conducted rationally; and defendants failed to follow proper procedure and the Brown Act. Overall, the complaint and wr...