Excerpt: ...use of action for violation of Business and Professions Code sections 17200, et seq. Plaintiff's FAC alleges that Mindbody engaged in unfair business practices because he and other similarly situated employees in California were not paid overtime at the correct rate, were not provided with duty‐free meal and rest periods, were not paid meal period premiums, and were not reimbursed for their business expenses, in violation of various provisions ...

Excerpt: ... served with the summons and complaint on April 10, 2019. He too did not file an answer, and his default was entered on May 21, 2019. On August 28, 2019, Defendants moved to set aside their respective entries of default. However, the proofs of service did not indicate that the motions were served on Plaintiff, the notice of motion was incorrect, and the motions did not indicate under what statute or on what grounds the parties were seeking to set...

Excerpt: ...s Pismo Beach Self‐ Storage, L.P. (PBSS); PBGP, LLC; and M.J. Ross Construction, Inc. (MJR), and alleges causes of action for (1) negligence, (2) removal of lateral support (against PBSS and PBGP, only); (3) negligence per se; (4) trespass; and (5) private continuing nuisance. This lawsuit concerns two adjacent parcels of property located at 100 Five Cities Drive (the PBSS Property) and 200 Five Cities Drive (the Jasool Property). (FAC, ¶¶ 3,...

Excerpt: ...nd winding up of limited partnership. On August 26, 2019, this Court ordered the parties to attend mediation, to be completed by December 6, 2019. (Pick Decl., Ex. F.) Mediation was scheduled for November 6, 2019. (Pick Decl., ¶ 14.) However, Mr. Pemberton, by this time was no longer represented by counsel1 , and did not appear at the mediation. (Ibid.) On August 15, 2019, Defendants – still represented by counsel – filed a petition to compe...

Excerpt: ...otion”). The Sansone Motion alleged that Movants had intentionally misled the trial court and the Court of Appeal during a will contest by seeking to block the testimony of two key witnesses, estate planning attorneys Warren Sinsheimer and Herb Stroh (collectively, the “Sinsheimer firm”), and the introduction of certain documentary evidence, when they filed a motion in limine (“MIL No. 5”) prior to the evidentiary hearing. The basis for...

Excerpt: ...uction Management Department at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. On September 10, 2018, Defendant served initial discovery on Plaintiff including form interrogatories, both general and employment, special interrogatories, request for statement of damages and request for production of documents. (See Bowen Decl.) After receiving an extension of time to respond, Plaintiff's responses were due on November 12, 2018. On that d...

Excerpt: ...rvices dba Coldwell Banker Premier Realty (“Premier”), and Premier's agent/broker Nick Hall (“Hall”) (collectively “Coldwell”). Plaintiff seeks damages and rescission of the transaction because it proved to be more difficult and expensive to build on the Property than he anticipated. Coldwell has now settled with Plaintiff, and seeks a determination that the settlement was made in good faith pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section...

Excerpt: ...ith El Campo Road in an unincorporated area of San Luis Obispo County. (Beeson Compl., p. 4.) Ms. Beeson further alleges that Michael Neufeld negligently entrusted his vehicle to Matthew Neufeld, and that Matthew Neufeld operated the vehicle negligently, striking Ms. Beeson's vehicle and causing her injuries. (Id. at p. 5.) On June 5, 2018, Anabel Haggarty, proceeding in pro per, filed her own complaint against Defendants asserting causes of acti...

Excerpt: ...nst Defendants, alleging similar claims stemming from his employment. The two cases were consolidated on December 19, 2017. Relevant to this motion, all three Plaintiffs have the following wage and hour claims pending: (1) Failure to pay minimum wages; (2) Failure to pay overtime wages; (3) Failure to provide rest periods or additional wages in lieu thereof; (4) Failure to provide meal periods or additional wages in lieu thereof; (5) Failure to i...

Excerpt: ...1, 2017. The FAC includes seven causes of action based on alleged violations of various Labor Code sections and a cause of action for unfair business practices. On May 15, 2018, Plaintiff Jennifer Hudgins dismissed her complaint. The Court now has three discovery motions before it: Defendant's Motion to Compel Testimony and Production of Documents of Plaintiff Damon Maggiore and Compliance with Court Ordered Sanction, and for Further Sanctions (�...

Excerpt: ...drilling and extraction purposes in exchange for royalty payments on oil produced. On April 5, 2017, the Court certified the overall class as “all royalty owners who have earned royalties at any time on or after March 22, 2009, under royalty interest agreements for oil wells in the unitized San Ardo Field ....”1 In addition, the Court certified two subclasses: (a) royalty owners who share the cost of purchased gas by deductions to their royal...

Excerpt: ...), its owner, Mahmood Jafroodi, and farm labor contractor, Custom Labor Services, Inc. (“Custom Labor”).1 Plaintiffs filed a first amended complaint (“FAC”) on April 8, 2011, setting forth nine causes of action for alleged wage and hour violations. On November 8, 2016, the Court certified the class for purposes of all nine causes of action. The class is defined as all non‐exempt employees of Clearwater and Custom Labor, who have worked ...

Excerpt: ...block the testimony of two key witnesses (attorneys Warren Sinsheimer and Herb Stroh) and the introduction of certain documentary evidence when they filed motion in limine (“MIL No. 5”) prior to the evidentiary hearing on the will contest. At the hearing on October 17, 2018, the Court requested additional briefing on three issues: (1) the applicability of the January 1, 2015 effective date in subsection (i) of section 128.5; (2) the applicabi...

Excerpt: ...ses of action for (1) breach of written contract, (2) common count, (3) account stated, and (4) promise made without intention to perform (i.e., fraud). Plaintiff, an attorney, formerly represented Defendants in the lawsuit captioned Frank Macciola, et al. v. David Harms and Jolene Harms (17CVP‐ 0260) (the Macciola Action). Defendants are currently unrepresented in the Macciola Action, which remains pending before the Honorable Linda Hurst. On ...

Excerpt: ...al wrongfully terminated the contract with Plaintiff due to physical limitations he suffered from a stroke. The defendants were served by substituted service. Ms. Royal filed a general denial on November 26, 2018; and Mongo's answer was filed on March 6, 2019. Plaintiff now seeks judgment on the pleadings against Ms. Royal. There is no opposition.1 Plaintiff states he attempted to meet and confer with Ms. Royal on January 18, 2019, the same day h...

Excerpt: ...f its employees. On October 4, 2018, the person serving the summons and complaint mailed the documents to Mongo's business address.1 Under Code of Civil Procedure section 415.20, service is complete on the tenth day after mailing; here, that date is October 14, 2018. Mongo's response was subsequently due on November 13, 2018. (Code Civ. Proc., § 412.20(a)(3) [30 days].) Mongo's did not file a response.2 A default was subsequently entered against...

Excerpt: ...related to an alleged wrongful foreclosure: (1) Violation of Civil Code Sections 2924, 2924.8, 2924b, 2924f, 2924g; (2) Violation of Civil Code section 2924(c); (3) Violation of Civil Code section 2934; (4) Negligence; (5) Violation of Civil Code section 2923.6; (6) Violation of Civil Code section 2923.7; (7) Breach of Contract; (8) Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing; (9) Promissory Estoppel; and (10) Unfair Business Practi...

Excerpt: ... the decedent's 50% community property interest in residential property located in Oceano (valued at $220,000). On July 24, 2018, decedent's daughter, Laura Esparza (“Objector”), filed an objection to the I&A, arguing that the Oceano property had been held in a joint tenancy between decedent and his prior wife, Adelina Puente. An Affidavit of Death of Joint Tenant was recorded in April 2003, reporting Adelina Puente previously passed away. Ob...

Excerpt: ...ute arises out of the sale of a business known as Sports Clips CA 781 located in San Luis Obispo. Plaintiff is the purchaser and Defendant is the seller. The purchase price for the business was $275,000, with a cash down payment of $110,000. The remaining $165,000 was to be financed with monthly payments of $5,094.72 for three years. Plaintiff argues that Defendant misrepresented the business' net profits. Plaintiff now moves for an order directi...

Excerpt: ... following day. The notice states the matter would be dismissed no later than February 18, 2019. In accordance with Court policy and California Rules of Court, rule 3.1385(b), the Court issued a Notice of Dismissal stating the matter would be ordered dismissed on April 4, 2019, absent a motion to vacate filed prior to that date. The Notice of Dismissal also states “[t]he Court consents to any written request in the settlement agreement to retai...

Excerpt: ...Amended Petition against Jed D. Hazeltine, individually and as successor trustee of the Goedinghaus Family Trusts B and C (“Hazeltine”), and Kathryn Glenn (“Glenn”), individually and as successor trustee of the Carl H. Goedinghaus Family Trust A. (the “Petition”). The 349 page Petition requests relief including removal of the trustees and surcharge of the trustees. On April 30, 2018, Goedinghaus filed a 372 page civil complaint, case ...

Excerpt: ...lty payments on oil produced. On April 5, 2017, the Court certified the overall class as “all royalty owners who have earned royalties at any time on or after March 22, 2009, under royalty interest agreements for oil wells in the unitized San Ardo Field ....”1 In addition, the Court certified two subclasses: (a) those owners who share the cost of purchased gas by deductions to their royalties; and (b) those owners whose leases are potentially...

Excerpt: ...ultiple Defendants, including Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company NA (“BNYM”). The action arises out of a public foreclosure auction for property located in San Luis Obispo under a power of sale contained within a deed of trust, at which Plaintiff was the winning bidder. Plaintiff alleges that the day after the sale, First American as trustee for BNYM, declared the sale invalid, and returned Plaintiff's payment. On February 28, 2018, Plaint...

Excerpt: ...fendant”) filed her answer. Plaintiff now moves for judgment on the pleadings in the amount set forth in the complaint, plus costs, pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure section 438. Plaintiff moves on the ground that the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action and, because matters in requests for admission have now been deemed admitted, Defendant does not state facts sufficient to constitute a defense. Defend...

Excerpt: ...On December 3, 2018, Agenbroad filed a cross‐complaint against MacDonald. Agenbroad's cross‐complaint alleges two causes of action: (1) Common Count: Money Had and Received; and (2) Public Disclosure of a Private Act. MacDonald has now filed a Special Motion to Strike Second Cause of Action of Cross‐Complaint (anti‐SLAPP Motion – Code Civ. Proc., § 425.16) (“Motion”). MacDonald seeks an order striking the second cause of action fro...