Excerpt: ...d as to paragraphs 23, 30, 31, 38, 39, 42, 45, 46, 53, 64, and 71, and Prayer for Relief paragraph 3, which all refer to and support Plaintiff's request for exemplary or punitive damages. The motion is p a r t ia lly D EN IED a s t o P r a y e r f o r Re lie f paragraphs 2 and 4. Finally, Defendants' motion for sanctions of $37,500.00 per Code of Civil Procedure (“C.C.P.”) section 128.7 against Plaintiff is D EN IED . All requests for sanctio...

Excerpt: ..., Plaintiff demanded that W ilh e lm p a y $800,000 to replace the asphalt driveway on the property that was used daily for truck access. Plaintiff claimed that a lease provision required Wilhelm to maintain the asphalt driveway throughout the lease, but that Wilhelm failed to do so. The parties continue to dispute this demand and have been unsuccessful in negotiating a settlement over several months. Plaintiff commenced this action as a result a...

Excerpt: ... efendant determined Plaintiff required jaw surgery. Defendant discussed the risks, benefits, alternatives, and foreseeable complications of the surgery with her, and with Plaintiff's consent, performed the surgery. According to Defendant, he placed arch ba rs and screw fixations between and away from Plaintiff's tooth roots and intentionally left one screw out of the upper mandible plate out of concern for its proximity to the tooth root. Defend...

Excerpt: ...spection of the Property and observed a greenhouse that appr oximately contained 75 cannabis plants. PRMD issued a Notice and Order for unlawful commercial cannabis use on the Property and civil penalties due for violating various county code sections. Several months later, the County entered the locked Property by force with an Inspection Warrant because Defendant was not there at the time and found several violations as described in Paragraph 2...

Excerpt: ...Decedent was found dead on the Property. He had no known next of kin, so the People of the State of California, City of Santa Rosa (“Plaintiff”) commenced a receivership action to take control of the Property and abate all existing nuisances found thereon. The Court appointed Ro b e r t Wakefield as receiver on June 17, 2023. Defendant Dilly, as Decedent's intestate successor and administrator his estate, filed this motion to set aside the Co...

Excerpt: ...grading, and zoning code violations related to unpermitted greenhouses, solar arrays, and cannabis cultivation on t he ir prope rt y. In the Defendants' amended answer, they pleaded various affirmative defenses and they denied or admitted each allegation in the complaint or otherwise stated they did not have enough information to admit or deny it, so denied it. Finding issue with the Amended Answer, the County met and conferred with Defendants by...

Excerpt: ... e r e m in o r c h ild r e n . P la in t if f s allege that Defendants Zones and Gerald Nelson (“Nelson”), Zones' supervisor/ manager, knowingly or negligently allowed the abuse to occur when Plaintiffs were in their care even though Plaintiffs complai ned to them that it was occurring. They also allege that BGCA had ultimate, direct supervisory control over the other Defendants, and governed, owned, operated, and controlled the program in w...

Excerpt: ... e r im D ir e c t o r o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t o f Housing & Community Services of the City of Santa Rosa (together with City, “Defendants”), and Does 1 -1 0 fo r t h ree causes of action requesting two forms of declaratory relief and a writ of mandate. This matter is on calendar for the motion by the Defendants for summary ju d g m e n t o r in t h e a lt e r n a t ive s u m m a r y a d ju d ic a t io n o f P la in t if f s ' f ir s t ...

Excerpt: ...otices; 4. Appointing Plaintiffs as Class Representatives for settlement purposes; 5. Appointing Plaintiffs' Counsel, Justin F. Marquez and Benjamin H. Haber of Wilshire Law Firm, PLC, as Class Counsel for settlement purposes; and 6. Ap p o in t in g Sim p lu r is Cla s s Ac t io n Se t t le m e n t Ad m in is t r a t io n a s t h e Settlement Administrator. P RO CED URAL BACKGRO UN D Defendant Foley Family Wines, Inc. and Foley Family Farms (“...

Excerpt: ...ublic nuisance and to abate building, grading, septic, and zoning code violations regarding unpermitted cannabis cultivation at 8910 Hwy 116 North, Forestville, California (APN 084 - 230-015) (the “Property”). The P roperty is owned by Defendant Chand and leased out to Defendant Cortina for $10,000.00 per month. Per the County's motion, Halter is an investor in the cannabis cultivation and owns 11% personally while also representing investors...

Excerpt: ...ed various sub-leases between the parties. The sub -leases contained attorney's fees clauses. Plaintiffs David Addington and Piner Partners (“Plaintiffs”) commenced this action against Defendants for breach of partnership agreement and interference with business. Defendants cross- complained for the same causes as well as other causes of action. Ultimately, this Court awarded Defendants breach of contract damages of $2.58 million against P la...

Excerpt: ...ages” requested for the Ninth Cause of Action in the Prayer for Relief on page 14 of the F AC. P RO CED URAL H ISTO RY Plaintiff commenced this suit to recover repair and replacement costs from named defendants regarding fire sprinkler sensors that Plaintiff installed but did not own. Plaintiff purchased the sprinkler sensors from defendant Pace Supply C o r p . (“P a c e ”) t o in stall them into the residential homes. The specific model w...

Excerpt: ...) for settlement. Plaintiffs had sued Defendants for motor vehicle property damage and personal injury. ANALYSIS Legal Standard C.C.P. section 877.6 allows a plaintiff to settle with one or more joint tortfeasors without releasing others as long as the settlement is in “good faith.” A good-faith settlement discharges the settling defendant from liability to other parties for equit able contribution or comparative indemnity. ( City of Grand Te...

Excerpt: ...ff filed suit on May 6, 2022, and s erved the summons and complaint upon Defendant through substituted service on May 13, 2023. Defendant did not file a response, so Plaintiff filed a Request for Entry of Default, which the Court entered on July 12, 2023. On July 18, 2023, Defendant's representative from Phoenix Law contacted Plaintiff's counsel wanting to settle the matter on behalf of Defendant. As proof of representation, Phoenix Law emailed a...

Excerpt: ...Plaintiff's complaint alleges that in or around January 2016, Defendant hired Plaintiff to work as a full -time, non- exempt ceiling and acoustical foreman. Plaintiff alleges that he was wrongfully terminated on or about August 12, 2022. Plaintiff alleges that, previously, on April 1, 2022, he injured his right arm while performing job duties. The injury impaired major life activities and constituted a disability. The injury required surgery whic...

Excerpt: ...rling commenced this action to obtain money owed by Arrowtown for roofing work done and for materials provided by Sterling in connection to a construction project on a residential remodeling in Sonoma for Heather Jordan and Joseph Beare (the “Owners”). Arrowtown, as the general contractor, sought a contract with Sterling for roofing work. Arrowtown disputes any additional amounts claimed by Sterling. Sterling submitted a bid proposal for $82,...

Excerpt: ...efendant Bethany Zoe (“Zoe”) stipulated to a settlement agreement in open court. The parties exchanged multiple versions to memorialize this settlement agreement in writing, but Defendants did not agree to the terms because they did not include the requirement for escrow, a title report, and a transfer disclosure statement re garding re al prope rt y at issue . Anabi's posit ion is t hat t he se t e rms we re a part of the general category po...

Excerpt: ...for ju d ic ia l n o t ic e a r e GRAN TED . Defendants shall file and serve their proposed amended answer within 10 days of service of the notice of entry of this order. P RO CED URAL H ISTO RY Plaintiffs brought this action to seek damages from Defendants for breach of contract and property damage arising out of a commercial lease. Defendants filed an unverified answer with a general denial to the verified complaint to avoid an entry of default...

Excerpt: ... located at 4723 Muirfield Court, Santa Rosa, (the “Property”). Defendants were uncertain whether Plaintiff got a permit to install this first. The parties entered into the Settlement Agreement on November 1, 2023. Paragraph 9 of the Settlement Agreement required Plaintiff to provide support that he obtained a permit for the installation of the propane tank. (Declaration of Pavone, Ex hibit A.) Plaintiff had to send this support to Defendant ...

Excerpt: ...a n a g e r if s h e r e lo c a t e d f r o m H a w a ii t o Ca lif o r n ia . P la in t if f w a s liv in g in Hawaii after retiring after working for Defendants for many years, and taking care o f h e r ill husband who requires kidney dialysis. Plaintiff claims she agreed to relocate based on the oral promise that she would be appointed as Store Manager and Defendants would cover her relocation costs. After she had relocated, Defendants offered...

Excerpt: ... a r b it r a t io n . P RO CED URAL H ISTO RY Plaintiff Robert Kourik brought this action against Kaiser and other defendants for medical malpractice after he ended up having severe functional issues, nerve damage, and chronic following a shoulder surgery. Plaintiff was enrolled as a “Senior Advantage ” member of Kaiser for Medicare healthcare benefits. The agreement for Senior Advantage membership included an arbitration provision. The prov...

Excerpt: ...ction against Morales to collect payment on credit card debt he owed. The parties entered into a Stipulation for Entry of Judgment and Settlement and Release and Dismissal (the “Stipulation”), according to which Morales agreed to pay Wells Fargo $10,774.29 to satisfy the debt. (Declaration of Mulhorn, Exhibit 1.) He agreed to make an initial payment of $1,114.29, followed by monthly payments of $420.00 until he satisfied the debt. (Motion, 3:...

Excerpt: ...en the weather was rainy and muddy. (Motion, 3:3 -5 .) Th e h o rs e , Rush, bucked while Plaintiff was mounted upon him. Plaintiff argues Defendant Fricke, Plaintiff's trainer, ran up behind him which caused him to react and P la in t if f t o f a ll, w h ile D e f e n d a n t s c la im P la in t if f a lr e a d y f e ll o f f t h e h o r s e b e f o r e Defendant Fricke ran up to her. Be f o r e c o m m e n c in g r id in g le s s o n s , P la ...

Excerpt: ...remodel and renovation of property owned by Owners, for which project ACI was hired as the general contractor. (Motion, 2:2 -5 . ) AC I s o lic it e d r o o f in g w o r k f r o m P la in t if f St e r lin g Ro o f in g In c . (“St e r lin g ”) a n d O w n e r s selected and a pproved roofing materials to be installed at their home for the remodeling and renovation. ( Id . at 2:4-9.) After the completion of work, Sterling demanded additional ...

Excerpt: ...warded only as to the $60.00 filing fee. Defendants shall provide complete, objection -free verified responses to Plaintiff, and pay $60.00 in sanctions within 30 days of service of the notice of e nt ry of orde r. Proce dural Hist ory Plaintiff propounded post -judgment written interrogatories and demands for production on Defendants and Defendants never responded, despite Plaintiff's efforts to meet and confer on the lack of response. Plaintiff...