Excerpt: ...e. Any party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 9 March 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. ORDERS ON DEFENDANT'S DEMURRERS AND MOTION TO STRIKE. I. Statement of Facts. Plaintiff filed this complaint on 20 September 2019.1 Plaintiff's 78 page complaint appears to be nothing more than matters copied from some kind of le...

Excerpt: ...nsel. ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR, ALTERNATIVELY, SUMMARY ADJUDICATION I. Statement of Facts. Plaintiff BBBB Bonding Corporation ("Bad Boys") is a leading company in the provision of bail bonds in Northern and Southern California. (First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), ¶8.) Bad Boys experienced a constant surge of growth due to its innovative marketing techniques which include the creation and use of a confidential list of...

Excerpt: ...ASH SUBPOENA TO OPPOSING COUNSEL AND FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER; REQUEST FOR SANCTIONS. I. Statement of Facts. Plaintiff filed this complaint on 22 May 2019.42 In this matter, Plaintiffs have alleged a breach of fiduciary duty and fraud against Liou and Golden California Regional Center (GCRC). Plaintiffs have alleged that GCRC (and Liou as the alter ego of GCRC) retained Buchalter to represent Liou, GCRC and the Cupertino Fund, LP in a conflict of i...

Excerpt: ...T TO COMPEL ARBITRATION I. Statement of Facts. Plaintiff filed this 22‐page complaint on 11 September 2019.34 Ms. Wong claims that she was wrongfully terminated by defendants Tatarko, Cohen and Houzz, Inc. The issue here is whether plaintiff is compelled to submit this matter to arbitration when she purportedly signed a Proprietary Information and Inventions Assignment Agreement (“PIIA”), which included an arbitration agreement which includ...

Excerpt: ...ER ON PLAINTIFF AND CROSS‐DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION I. Statement of Facts. Complaint Plaintiff Patricia Wong, as trustee of the Wong Family Trust dated September 11, 2014 (“Plaintiff”), filed this complaint on 3 May 2019.4 Plaintiff is the widow of Daniel Wong and the sole owner/shareholder of Sangha Enterprises Inc. (“Sangha”). (Complaint, ¶¶1 and 9.) Sangha was incorporated on or about 22 March 1973 and was an acti...

Excerpt: ...ER GRANTING MOTION OF PLAINTIFF FOURFRONT SALES, INC. FOR LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT I. Statement of Facts. Plaintiff filed this complaint on 22 February 2019.5 Plaintiff/Cross‐Defendant Fourfront Sales, Inc. ("Fourfront") seeks leave of this Court to file a Second Amended Complaint seeking to include allegations regarding a recently‐discovered amendment to the agreement between Defendant/Cross‐Complainant Finisar ("Finisar") an...

Excerpt: ...ON MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS BY DEFENDANTS FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND TUTTLE‐ CLICK FORD, INC. I. Statement of Facts. On or about 30 January 2011, plaintiff Beth Mangiapane (“Plaintiff”) purchased a 2011 Ford Edge (“Vehicle”) from defendant Tuttle‐Click Ford, Inc. dba Tuttle‐ Click Ford Lincoln (erroneously sued as Tuttle‐Click Ford Lincoln Mercury, Inc.; hereafter, “TC”) which was manufactured and/or distributed by def...

Excerpt: ...e. Any party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 24 February 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. ORDER ON PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL FURTHER DISCOVERY RESPONSES AND PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND FOR SANCTIONS I. Statement of Facts. Plaintiff filed this complaint on 12 December 2018.2 Plaintiff Timothy Weaver (“Plainti...

Excerpt: ...opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 24 February 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. ORDER ON CROSS‐DEFENDANT AMRUTHA TAMANAM'S DEMURRER TO FIRST AND SECOND CAUSES OF ACTION IN CROSS‐COMPLAINT I. Statement of Facts. Plaintiff filed this complaint on 10 May 2019.1 This Complaint is brought by Plaintiff Amrutha Tamanam...

Excerpt: ...e. Any party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 24 February 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. ORDER ON MOTION OF CSI [ELECTRICAL]28 CONTRACTORS, INC., ANDREW SOFFA, TROY [CARLTON], AND DAVID WEIR TO COMPEL FURTHER RESPONSES TO FORM INTERROGATORIES; SPECIAL INTERROGATORIES; REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS AND REQU...

Excerpt: ...ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 24 February 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. ORDER ON MOTION OF DEFENDANT CHERI SALAZAR TO DISMISS OR STAY COMPLAINT AS AGAINST DEFENDANT CHERI SALAZAR AND TO COMPEL ARBITRATION AFTER COMPLETION OF THIS LEGAL ACTION BETWEEN PLAINTIFF AND OTHER DEFENDANTS I. Statement of Facts. Plaintiff Farrand filed thi...

Excerpt: ...ng must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 19 February 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. ORDER GRANTING MOTION OF PLAINTIFFS TO DEEM REQUESTS FOR ADMISSIONS TO BE ADMITTED; COMPELLING DEFENDANTS TO RESPOND TO WRITTEN INTERROGATORIES, DOCUMENT PRODUCTION AND ORDERING GARY JOHNSON AND CONNIE BLUCK TO APPEAR FOR DEPOSITION I. Statement of Facts. Plaintif...

Excerpt: ...y party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.882.2296 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 19 February 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and counsel. ORDER ON DEFENDANT CITY OF SAN JOSE'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT I. Factual and Procedural Background On 18 November 2017, after crossing Cinnabar Street on eastbound N. Montgomery Street in San Jose, plaintiff Mary Ellen Steven...

Excerpt: ...e. Any party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 10 February 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. ORDERS ON DEFENDANTS' DEMURRER TO PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT AND DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO STRIKE MATTERS FROM PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT I. Factual and Procedural Background Daisy Juntado (‘Decedent”) was born on 10 June 1941 and was...

Excerpt: ...arty opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.882.2296 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 27 August 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and counsel. ORDER ON DEFENDANT MARIANI'S INN AND RESTAURANT, INC.'S DEMURRER TO PLAINTIFF CARMEN JOHN PERRI'S COMPLAINT I. Factual and Procedural Background Plaintiff Carmen John Perri (“Plaintiff”) is mobility impaired and requires informati...

Excerpt: ...ny party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 3 February 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO COMPEL DEFENDANT'S COMPLIANCE UNDER CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, §2031.320 TO PLAINTIFF'S REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS, SET TWO This matter is on for Trial Setting Conference on this date at 11:00 AM in ...

Excerpt: ...entative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 3 February 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. ORDER ON DEFENDANT APPLE INC.'S DEMURRER TO THE COMPLAINT I. Factual and Procedural Background This is an employment case. In April 2017, plaintiff Syed Nazim Ali (“Ali”) (self‐represented) applied to 14 different open positions with defendant Ap...

Excerpt: ...se. Any party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at (408) 808‐6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 29 January 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and counsel. ORDER OVERRULING DEMURRER OF DEFENDANT WENDT & SONS CONSTRUCTION, INC TO PLAINTIFF CHVERON U.S.A.'S FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT I. Factual and Procedural Background This is a negligence and breach of contract case. Plaintiff...

Excerpt: ...osing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on Monday, 27 January 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. ORDER ON PETITION OF CITY OF SAN JOSE FOR DISPOSITION OF WEAPONS I. Statement of Facts. On July 8, 2019, officers from the San Jose Police Department were dispatched to a residence in San Jose, California on a report of a mentally di...

Excerpt: ...ing must call Department 20 at 408.808.6856 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on Monday, 27 January 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and Counsel. PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO LIFT STAY AND TO APPOINT A FORENSIC EXPERT I. Factual and Procedural Background In or about June 2016, defendant Wen Fang Wang (“Wang”) approached plaintiff X. Young Lai (“Lai”) for legal representation in her divorce case. (F...

Excerpt: ...ny party opposing the tentative ruling must call Department 20 at 408.808 and the opposing party no later than 4:00 PM on 27 August 2020. Please specify the issue to be contested when calling the Court and counsel. ORDER ON DEFENDANT ELI ASSOULINE'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT I. Factual and Procedural Background Plaintiffs filed this case on May 2, 2018. 1 Plaintiffs Ashley Sterling and Matthew Sterling (collectively, “Sterlings”) are owners...